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.
FAKER
imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player
(noun) a person who makes deceitful pretenses
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
faker (plural fakers)
One who fakes something.
An impostor or impersonator.
(obsolete) A thief.
(obsolete) A peddler of petty things.
(obsolete) A workman who dresses things up.
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Source: Wiktionary
Fak"er, n. [Often erroneously written fakir.]
Definition: One who fakes something, as a thief, a peddler of petty things, a workman who dresses things up, etc. [Slang]
FAKE
Fake, n. Etym: [Cf. Scot. faik fold, stratum of stone, AS. fæc space, interval, G. fach compartment, partition, row, and E. fay to fit.] (Naut.)
Definition: One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
Fake, v. t. (Naut.)
Definition: To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form,, to prevent twisting when running out. Faking box, a box in which a long rope is faked; used in the life-saving service for a line attached to a shot.
Fake, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Gael. faigh to get, acquire, reach, or OD. facken to catch or gripe.] [Slang in all its senses.]
1. To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
2. To make; to construct; to do.
3. To manipulate fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it.
Fake, n.
Definition: A trick; a swindle. [Slang]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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