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.
CUES
Proper noun
Cues
plural of Cue
Anagrams
• CuSe, ECUs, ecus, écus
Noun
cues
plural of cue
Verb
cues
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cue
Anagrams
• CuSe, ECUs, ecus, écus
Source: Wiktionary
CUE
Cue (k, n. Etym: [ OF. coue, coe, F. queue, fr. L. coda, cauda, tail. Cf. Caudal, Coward, Queue.]
1. The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.
2. The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next succeeding player to speak; any word or words which serve to remind a player to speak or to do something; a catchword. When my cue comes, call me, and I will answer. Shak.
3. A hint or intimation. Give them [the servants] their cue to attend in two lines as he leaves the house. Swift.
4. The part one has to perform in, or as in, a play. Were it my cueto fight, I should have known it Without a prompter. Shak.
5. Humor; temper of mind. [Colloq.] Dickens.
6. A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in playing billiards.
Cue, v. t.
Definition: To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.
Cue, n. Etym: [From q, an abbreviation for quadrans a farthing.]
Definition: A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing. [Obs.]
Note: The term was formerly current in the English universities, the letter q being the mark in the buttery books to denote such a portion. Nares. Hast thou worn Gowns in the university, tossed logic, Sucked philosophy, eat cues Old Play.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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