As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
SPRUNT
Sprunt, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Sprout, v. i.]
Definition: To spring up; to germinate; to spring forward or outward. [Obs.] To sprunt up, to draw one's self up suddenly, as in anger or defiance; to bristle up. [Local, U.S.]
Sprunt, n.
1. Anything short and stiff. [Obs.]
2. A leap; a spring. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
3. A steep ascent in a road. [Prov. Eng.]
Sprunt, a.
Definition: Active; lively; vigorous. [Obs.] Kersey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
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