GRIPPY

Etymology 1

Adjective

grippy (comparative grippier, superlative grippiest)

Having a tight grip, or tending to grip well.

(Scotland) Tight-fisted, greedy, stingy.

Etymology 2

Adjective

grippy (not comparable)

Afflicted with, or relating to, grippe, or influenza.

Source: Wiktionary



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30 April 2024

NURSE

(verb) treat carefully; “He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon”; “He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly”


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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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