Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
PERTUSSIS
Etymology
Noun
pertussis (countable and uncountable, plural pertusses)
(pathology) Whooping cough.
Source: Wiktionary
Per*tus"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. per through, very + tussis cough.] (Med.)
Definition: The whooping cough.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNSEASONED
(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
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