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.
DICKERED
Verb
dickered
simple past tense and past participle of dicker
Source: Wiktionary
DICKER
Dick"er, n. Etym: [Also daker, dakir; akin to Icel. dekr, Dan. deger, G. decher; all prob. from LL. dacra, dacrum, the number ten, akin to L. decuria a division consisting of ten, fr. decem ten. See Ten.]
1. The number or quantity of ten, particularly ten hides or skins; a dakir; as, a dicker of gloves. [Obs.] A dicker of cowhides. Heywood.
2. A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares; as, to make a dicker. [U.S.] For peddling dicker, not for honest sales. Whittier.
Dick"er, v. i. & t.
Definition: To negotiate a dicker; to barter. [U.S.] "Ready to dicker. and to swap." Cooper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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