According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.
COOPING
Verb
cooping
present participle of coop
Noun
cooping (uncountable)
The practice of forcing unwilling participants to vote, often several times over, for a particular candidate in an election.
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Source: Wiktionary
COOP
Coop, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. cypa a measure, D. kuip tub, Icel. kupa bowl, G. kufe coop tub; all fr. L. cupa vat, tub, LL. cupa, copa, cup. See Cup, and cf. Keeve.]
1. A barrel or cask for liquor. [Obs.] Johnson.
2. An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry.
3. A cart made close with boarde; a tumbrel. [Scotch]
Coop, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Cooped; p.pr. & vb.n. Cooping.]
Definition: To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up, sometimes by in. The Trojans coopet within their walls so long. Dryden. The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the understanding up within narrow bounds. Locke.
2. To work upon in the manner of a cooper. [Obs.] "Shaken tubs . . . be new cooped." Holland.
Syn.
– To crowd; confine; imprison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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