As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
liards
plural of liard
• LIDARs, drails, lairds, larids, lidars
Source: Wiktionary
Li"ard, a. Etym: [OF. liart, LL. liardus gray, dappie.]
Definition: Gray. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Note: Used by Chaucer as an epithet of a gray or dapple gray horse. Also used as a name for such a horse.
Liard, n. Etym: [F.]
Definition: A French copper coin of one fourth the value of a sou.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 June 2025
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.