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.
PINNACE
tender, ship's boat, pinnace, cutter
(noun) a boat for communication between ship and shore
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pinnace (plural pinnaces)
(nautical) A light boat, traditionally propelled by sails, but sometimes a rowboat. Pinnaces are usually messenger boats, carrying messages among the larger ships of a fleet.
Source: Wiktionary
Pin"nace, n. Etym: [F. pinasse; cf. It. pinassa, pinazza, Sp. pinaza; all from L. pinus a pine tree, anything made of pine, e.g., a ship. Cf. Pine a tree.]
1. (Naut.) (a) A small vessel propelled by sails or oars, formerly employed as a tender, or for coast defence; -- called originally, spynace or spyne. (b) A man-of-war's boat. Whilst our pinnace anchors in the Downs. Shak.
2. A procuress; a pimp. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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