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.
COUPED
Etymology
Adjective
couped (not comparable)
(heraldry) cut off smoothly, as distinguished from erased; -- used especially for the head or limb of an animal.
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Source: Wiktionary
Couped (kpt), a. Etym: [F. couper to cut.] (Her.)
Definition: Cut off smoothly, as distinguished from erased; -- used especially for the head or limb of an animal. See Erased.
COUP
Coup (k), n. Etym: [F., fr.L. colaphus a cuff, Gr.
Definition: A sudden stroke; an unexpected device or stratagem; -- a term used in various ways to convey the idea of promptness and force. Coup de grace (ke gr Etym: [F.], the stroke of mercy with which an executioner ends by death the sufferings of the condemned; hence, a decisive, finishing stroke.
– Coup de main (ke m Etym: [F.] (Mil.), a sudden and unexpected movement or attack.
– Coup de soleil (k Etym: [F.] (Med.), a sunstroke. See Sunstroke.
РCoup d'̩tat (k Etym: [F.] (Politics), a sudden, decisive exercise of power whereby the existing government is subverted without the consent of the people; an unexpected measure of state, more or less violent; a stroke of policy.
– Coup d'oeil (k. Etym: [F.] (a) A single view; a rapid glance of the eye; a comprehensive view of a scene; as much as can be seen at one view. (b) The general effect of a picture. (c) (Mil.) The faculty or the act of comprehending at a glance the weakness or strength of a military position, of a certain arrangement of troops, the most advantageous position for a battlefield, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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