As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
CLAPBOARDED
Verb
clapboarded
simple past tense and past participle of clapboard
Source: Wiktionary
CLAPBOARD
Clap"board, n.
1. A narrow board, thicker at one edge than at the other; -- used for weatherboarding the outside of houses. [U. S.]
2. A stave for a cask. [Eng.] Halliwell.
Clap"board, v. t.
Definition: To cover with clapboards; as, to clapboard the sides of a house. [U. S.] Bartlett.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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