According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.
GRIFFE
Etymology 1
Noun
griffe (plural griffes)
A claw-like ornament at the base of a column.
Etymology 2
Noun
griffe (plural griffes)
(chiefly, US, dialectal, dated or historical) A person of mixed (black and white) race, especially the offspring of a mulatto (person of mixed black and white ancestry) and a person of fully black ancestry.
Coordinate terms
• (person of mixed race): see list in mulatto
Source: Wiktionary
Griffe, n. Etym: [F.]
Definition: The offspring of a mulatto woman and a negro; also, a mulatto. [Local, U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LEFT
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
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