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.
COCKBILLING
Verb
cockbilling
present participle of cockbill
Source: Wiktionary
COCKBILL
Cock"bill, v. t. Etym: [See Cock to set erect.] (Naut.)
Definition: To tilt up one end of so as to make almost vertical; as, to cockbill the yards as a sign of mourning. To cockbill the anchor, to suspend it from the cathead preparatory to letting it go. See Acockbill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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