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.
LAMMING
LAM
thrash, thresh, lam, flail
(verb) give a thrashing to; beat hard
scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away
(verb) flee; take to one’s heels; cut and run; “If you see this man, run!”; “The burglars escaped before the police showed up”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
lamming
present participle of lam
Noun
lamming (plural lammings)
A beating.
• J. M. Barrie
This blood, I am informed, saved him many lammings from the head of the house, who, though Keeper of the Fives, fainted at first sight of it […]
Source: Wiktionary
LAM
Lam, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lammed; p. pr. & vb. n. Lamming.] Etym: [Icel. lemja to beat, or lama to bruise, both fr. lami, lama, lame. See Lame.]
Definition: To beat soundly; to thrash. [Obs. or Low] Beau. & Fl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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