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.
DRUBBING
beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking
(noun) the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping
(noun) a sound defeat
DRUB
cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick
(verb) beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; “We licked the other team on Sunday!”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
drubbing
present participle of drub
Noun
drubbing (plural drubbings)
A severe beating.
A thorough defeat.
Source: Wiktionary
DRUB
Drub, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drubbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Drubbing.] Etym: [Cf. Prov. E. drab to beat, Icel. & Sw. drabba to hit, beat, Dan. dræbe to slay, and perh. OE. drepen to strike, kill, AS. drepan to strike, G. & D. freffen to hit, touch, Icel. drepa to strike, kill.]
Definition: To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel. Soundly Drubbed with a good honest cudgel. L'Estrange.
Drub, n.
Definition: A blow with a cudgel; a thump. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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