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.
SCUFFLE
scramble, scuffle
(noun) an unceremonious and disorganized struggle
hassle, scuffle, tussle, dogfight, rough-and-tumble
(noun) disorderly fighting
scuffle, scuffle hoe, Dutch hoe
(noun) a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling
scuffle, tussle
(verb) fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters; “the drunken men started to scuffle”
shuffle, scuffle, shamble
(verb) walk by dragging one’s feet; “he shuffled out of the room”; “We heard his feet shuffling down the hall”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
scuffle (plural scuffles)
A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters.
(archaic) A child's pinafore or bib.
Verb
scuffle (third-person singular simple present scuffles, present participle scuffling, simple past and past participle scuffled)
(intransitive) To fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters.
(intransitive) To walk with a shuffling gait.
(slang) To make a living with difficulty, getting by on a low income, to struggle financially.
Etymology 2
Noun
scuffle (plural scuffles)
A Dutch hoe, manipulated by both pushing and pulling.
Synonyms
• (Dutch hoe): scuffle hoe
Source: Wiktionary
Scuf"fle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scuffled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scuffling.] Etym: [Freq. of scuff, v.i.; cf. Sw. skuffa to push, shove, skuff a push, Dan. skuffe a drawer, a shovel, and E. shuffle, shove. See Shove, and cf. Shuffle.]
1. To strive or struggle with a close grapple; to wrestle in a rough fashion.
2. Hence, to strive or contend tumultuously; to struggle confusedly or at haphazard. A gallant man had rather fight to great disadvantage in the field, in an orderly way, than scuffle with an undisciplined rabble. Eikon Basilike.
Scuf"fle, n.
1. A rough, haphazard struggle, or trial of strength; a disorderly wrestling at close quarters.
2. Hence, a confused contest; a tumultuous struggle for superiority; a fight. The dog leaps upon the serpent, and tears it to pieces; but in the scuffle the cradle happened to be overturned. L'Estrange.
3. A child's pinafore or bib. [Prov. Eng.]
4. A garden hoe. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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