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.
LANKED
Verb
lanked
simple past tense and past participle of lank
Anagrams
• Kandel, Kendal, ankled
Source: Wiktionary
LANK
Lank, a. [Compar. Lanker; superl. Lankest.] Etym: [AS. hlanc; cf. G. lenken to turn, gelenk joint, OHG. hlanca hip, side, flank, and E. link of a chain.]
1. Slender and thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean. Meager and lank with fasting grown. Swift. Who would not choose . . . to have rather a lank purse than an empty brain Barrow.
2. Languid; drooping.[Obs.] Who, piteous of her woes, reared her lank head. Milton. Lank hair, long, thin hair. Macaulay.
Lank, v. i. & t.
Definition: To become lank; to make lank. [Obs.] Shak. G. Fletcher.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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