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.
JUKING
Verb
juking
present participle of juke
Source: Wiktionary
JUKE
Juke, v. i. Etym: [from Scottish jouk to bow.]
Definition: To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head. [Written also jook and jouk.] The money merchant was so proud of his trust that he went juking and tossing of his head. L' Estrange.
Juke, n.
Definition: The neck of a bird. [Prov. Eng.]
Juke, v. i. Etym: [F. juc a roost, perch, jucher to roost, to perch.]
Definition: To perch on anything, as birds do. [Obs.]
JUKES, THE Jukes, The
Definition: A pseudonym used to designate the descendants of two sisters, the "Jukes" sisters, whose husbands were sons of a backwoodsman of Dutch descent. They lived in the State of New York, and their history was investigated by R. L. Dugdale as an example of the inheritance of criminal and immoral tendencies, disease, and pauperism. Sixty per cent of those traced showed, degeneracy, and they are estimated to have cost society $1,308,000 in 75 years.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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