There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
LANKER
Adjective
lanker
comparative form of lank
Anagrams
• KERNAL, Karlen, rankle
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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