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.
SLINK
slink
(verb) walk stealthily; “I saw a cougar slinking toward its prey”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
slink (third-person singular simple present slinks, present participle slinking, simple past and past participle slinked or slank or slunk)
(intransitive) To sneak about furtively.
(ambitransitive) To give birth to an animal prematurely.
Noun
slink (countable and uncountable, plural slinks)
(countable) A furtive sneaking motion.
The young of an animal when born prematurely, especially a calf.
The meat of such a prematurely born animal.
(obsolete) A bastard child, one born out of wedlock.
(UK, Scotland, dialect) A thievish fellow; a sneak.
Adjective
slink (comparative more slink, superlative most slink)
(Scotland) thin; lean
Anagrams
• kilns, links
Source: Wiktionary
Slink, v. t. [imp. Slunk, Archaic Slank (; p. p. Slunk; p. pr. & vb. n. Slinking.] Etym: [AS. slincan; probably akin to G. schleichen, E. sleek. See Sleek, a.]
1. To creep away meanly; to steal away; to sneak. "To slink away and hide." Tale of Beryn. Back to the thicket slunk The guilty serpent. Milton. There were some few who slank obliquely from them as they passed. Landor.
2. To miscarry; -- said of female beasts.
Slink, v. t.
Definition: To cast prematurely; -- said of female beasts; as, a cow that slinks her calf.
Slink, a.
1. Produced prematurely; as, a slink calf.
2. Thin; lean. [Scot.]
Slink, n.
1. The young of a beast brought forth prematurely, esp. a calf brought forth before its time.
2. A thievish fellow; a sneak. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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