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.
RETORTION
Noun
retortion (countable and uncountable, plural retortions)
Alternative form of retorsion
Source: Wiktionary
Re*tor"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. rétorsion. See Retort, v. t.]
1. Act of retorting or throwing back; reflection or turning back. [Written also retorsion.] It was, however, necessary to possess some single term expressive of this intellectual retortion. Sir W. Hamilton.
2. (Law)
Definition: Retaliation. Wharton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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