There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
SHINNY
shinny, shinney
(noun) a simple version of hockey played by children on the streets (or on ice or on a field) using a ball or can as the puck
clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter
(verb) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
shinny (third-person singular simple present shinnies, present participle shinnying, simple past and past participle shinnied)
To climb in an awkward manner.
Etymology 2
Noun
shinny (uncountable) or shinny hockey
(Canada) An informal game of pickup hockey played with minimal equipment: skates, sticks and a puck or ball.
(Canada) Street hockey.
(Canada, informal) Hockey.
(US, anthropology) A hockey-like game played by American Indians.
Etymology 3
Noun
shinny (uncountable)
Moonshine (illegal alcohol)
Source: Wiktionary
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UNMARRIED
(adjective) not married or related to the unmarried state; “unmarried men and women”; “unmarried life”; “sex and the single girl”; “single parenthood”; “are you married or single?”
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