chiffchaff (plural chiffchaffs)
A small, common warbler, Phylloscopus collybita, with yellowish-green plumage that breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe and Asia.
Any of several other species of the same genus.
(UK, onomatopoeic, uncountable) The song of the chiffchaff.
Source: Wiktionary
Chiff"-chaff (, n. Etym: [So called from its note.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A species of European warbler (Sylvia hippolais); -- called also chip-chap, and pettychaps.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
13 February 2025
(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
