Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
CHURLS
Noun
churls
plural of churl
Source: Wiktionary
CHURL
Churl, n. Etym: [AS. ceorl a freeman of the lowest rank, man, husband; akin to D. karel, kerel, G. kerl, Dan. & Sw. karl, Icel. karl, and to the E. proper name Charles (orig., man, male), and perh. to Skr. jara lover. Cf. Carl, Charles's Wain.]
1. A rustic; a countryman or laborer. "A peasant or churl." Spenser. Your rank is all reversed; let men of cloth Bow to the stalwart churls in overalls. Emerson.
2. A rough, surly, ill-bred man; a boor. A churl's courtesy rarely comes, but either for gain or falsehood. Sir P. Sidney.
3. A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard. Like to some rich churl hoarding up his pelf. Drayton.
Churl, a.
Definition: Churlish; rough; selfish. [Obs.] Ford.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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