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.
GAUD
bangle, bauble, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, fallal, trinket
(noun) cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
gaud (plural gauds)
a cheap showy trinket
(obsolete) trick; jest; sport
(obsolete) deceit; fraud; artifice
Verb
gaud (third-person singular simple present gauds, present participle gauding, simple past and past participle gauded)
(obsolete) To bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colours; to paint.
Etymology 2
Verb
gaud (third-person singular simple present gauds, present participle gauding, simple past and past participle gauded)
To sport or keep festival.
Anagrams
• Guad.
Source: Wiktionary
Gaud, n. Etym: [OE. gaude jest, trick, gaudi bead of a rosary, fr. L. gaudium joy, gladness. See Joy.]
1. Trick; jest; sport. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Deceit; fraud; artifice; device. [Obs.] Chaucer.
3. An ornament; a piece of worthless finery; a trinket. "An idle gaud." Shak.
Gaud, v. i. Etym: [Cf. F. se gaudir to rejoice, fr. L. gaudere. See Gaud, n.]
Definition: To sport or keep festival. [Obs.] "Gauding with his familiars. " [Obs.] Sir T. North.
Gaud, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gauded; p. pr. & vb. n. Gauding.]
Definition: To bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colors; to paint. [Obs.] "Nicely gauded cheeks." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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