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.
SHIRKS
Verb
shirks
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shirk
Proper noun
Shirks
plural of Shirk
Source: Wiktionary
SHIRK
Shirk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shirked; p. pr. & vb. n. Shirking.] Etym: [Probably the same word as shark. See Shark, v. t.]
1. To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation. You that never heard the call of any vocation, . . . that shirk living from others, but time from Yourselves. Bp. Rainbow.
2. To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty. The usual makeshift by which they try to shirk difficulties. Hare.
Shirk, v. i.
1. To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.
2. To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away. One of the cities shirked from the league. Byron.
Shirk, n.
Definition: One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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