Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
PESKY
annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing
(adjective) causing irritation or annoyance; “tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork”; “aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport”; “found it galling to have to ask permission”; “an irritating delay”; “nettlesome paperwork”; “a pesky mosquito”; “swarms of pestering gnats”; “a plaguey newfangled safety catch”; “a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him”; “a vexatious child”; “it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
pesky (comparative peskier, superlative peskiest)
(informal) Annoying, troublesome, irritating (usually of an animal or child).
Synonyms
• See also annoying
Anagrams
• Skype, kypes, pykes, skype
Source: Wiktionary
Pes"ky, a. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Definition: Pestering; vexatious; troublesome. Used also as an intensive. [Colloq. & Low, U.S.] Judd.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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