According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.
LOCUTION
saying, expression, locution
(noun) a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; “pardon the expression”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
locution (plural locutions)
A phrase or expression connected to an individual or a group of individuals through repeated usage.
The use of a word or phrase in an unusual or specialized way.
(religion) A supernatural revelation where a religious figure, statue or icon speaks, usually to a saint.
Source: Wiktionary
Lo*cu"tion, n. Etym: [L. locutio, fr. loqui to speak: cf. F. locution. ]
Definition: Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression. " Stumbling locutions." G. Eliot. I hate these figures in locution, These about phrases forced by ceremony. Marston.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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