There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
GECK
Etymology
Noun
geck (countable and uncountable, plural gecks)
scorn; derision; contempt
(archaic, pejorative, poetic) Fool; idiot; imbecile
Verb
geck (third-person singular simple present gecks, present participle gecking, simple past and past participle gecked)
(ambitransitive) To jeer; to show contempt for.
To cheat or trick.
Source: Wiktionary
Geck, n. Etym: [D. gek fool, fop; akin to G. geck; cf. Icel. gikkr a pert, rude person.]
1. Scorn, derision, or contempt. [Prov. Eng.]
2. An object of scorn; a dupe; a gull. [Obs.] To become the geck and scorn O'the other's villainy. Shak.
Geck, v. t. Etym: [Cf. OD. ghecken, G. gecken. See Geck, n.]
1. To deride; to scorn; to mock. [Prov. Eng.]
2. To cheat; trick, or gull. [Obs.] Johnson.
Geck, v. i.
Definition: To jeer; to show contempt. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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