As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
KECKLE
Verb
keckle (third-person singular simple present keckles, present participle keckling, simple past and past participle keckled)
(nautical) To wind rope or chains around (a cable etc.) to protect its surface from friction, abrasion, or ice.
Source: Wiktionary
Kec"kle, v. i. & n.
Definition: See Keck, v. i. & n.
Kec"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Keckled; p. pr. & vb. n. Keckling.] (Naut.)
Definition: To wind old rope around, as a cable, to preserve its surface from being fretted, or to wind iron chains around, to defend from the friction of a rocky bottom, or from the ice. Totten.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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