There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
DRABBERS
Noun
drabbers
plural of drabber
Source: Wiktionary
DRABBER
Drab"ber, n.
Definition: One who associates with drabs; a wencher. Massinger.
DRAB
Drab, n. Etym: [AS. drabbe dregs, lees; akin to D. drab, drabbe, dregs, G. treber; for sense 1, cf. also Gael. drabag a slattern, drabach slovenly. Cf. Draff.]
1. A low, sluttish woman. King.
2. A lewd wench; a strumpet. Shak.
3. A wooden box, used in salt works for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans.
Drab, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drabbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Drabbing.]
Definition: To associate with strumpets; to wench. Beau. & Fl.
Drab, n. Etym: [F. drap cloth: LL. drappus, trapus, perh. orig., a firm, solid stuff, cf. F. draper to drape, also to full cloth; prob. of German origin; cf. Icel. drepa to beat, strike, AS. drepan, G. treffen; perh. akin to E. drub. Cf. Drape, Trappings.]
1. A kind of thick woolen cloth of a dun, or dull brownish yellow, or dull gray, color; -- called also drabcloth.
2. A dull brownish yellow or dull gray color.
Drab, a.
Definition: Of a color between gray and brown.
– n.
Definition: A drab color.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUCH
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