Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
GLIM
Etymology
Noun
glim (countable and uncountable, plural glims)
(obsolete) brightness; splendour
(archaic, slang) A light; a candle; a lantern; a fire.
(archaic, slang) An eye.
(archaic, slang) A pair of glasses or spectacles.
(archaic, slang) A look; a glimpse.
(archaic, slang) Gonorrhea
(archaic, slang) Fake documents claiming the loss of property by fire (for use in begging).
Verb
glim (third-person singular simple present glims, present participle glimming, simple past and past participle glimmed)
(obsolete, transitive) To brand on the hand.
(dated, slang) To illuminate.
(dated, slang) To see; to observe.
Source: Wiktionary
Glim, n.
1. Brightness; splendor. [Obs.]
2. A light or candle. [Slang] Dickens. Douse the glim, put out the light. [Slang]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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THOUGHTFULLY
(adverb) showing consideration and thoughtfulness; “he had thoughtfully brought with him some food to share”
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