Maquis, Maquisard
(noun) a guerrilla fighter in the French underground in World War II
Source: WordNet® 3.1
maquisard (plural maquisards)
(historical) A member of a resistance or guerrilla movement, originally and chiefly that of the French during the German occupation of 1940-5. [from 1940s]
Source: Wiktionary
15 June 2025
(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
