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.
SLANGS
Noun
slangs
plural of slang
Verb
slangs
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of slang
Source: Wiktionary
SLANG
Slang,
Definition: imp. of Sling. Slung. [Archaic]
Slang, n.
Definition: Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory. [Local, Eng.] Holland.
Slang, n. Etym: [Cf. Sling.]
Definition: A fetter worn on the leg by a convict. [Eng.]
Slang, n. Etym: [Said to be of Gypsy origin; but probably from Scand., and akin to E. sling; cf. Norw. sleng a slinging, an invention, device, slengja to sling, to cast, slengja kjeften (literally, to sling the jaw) to use abusive language, to use slang, slenjeord (ord = word) an insulting word, a new word that has no just reason for being.]
Definition: Low, vulgar, unauthorized language; a popular but unauthorized word, phrase, or mode of expression; also, the jargon of some particular calling or class in society; low popular cant; as, the slang of the theater, of college, of sailors, etc.
Slang, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slanged; p. pr. & vb. n. Slanging.]
Definition: To address with slang or ribaldry; to insult with vulgar language. [Colloq.] Every gentleman abused by a cabman or slanged by a bargee was bound there and then to take off his coat and challenge him to fisticuffs. London Spectator.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TEMPORIZE
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
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