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.
TRASHING
Verb
trashing
present participle of trash
Noun
trashing (plural trashings)
The act by which something is trashed.
(US) Dumpster diving.
Anagrams
• Hartings, garnisht, granthis, sharting
Source: Wiktionary
TRASH
Trash, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. tros rubbish, leaves, and twigs picked up for fuel, trassi a slovenly fellow, Sw. trasa a rag, tatter.]
1. That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse. Who steals my purse steals trash. Shak. A haunch of venison would be trash to a Brahmin. Landor.
2. Especially, loppings and leaves of trees, bruised sugar cane, or the like.
Note: In the West Indies, the decayed leaves and stems of canes are called field trash; the bruised or macerated rind of canes is called cane trash; and both are called trash. B. Edwards.
3. A worthless person. [R.] Shak.
4. A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game. Markham. Trash ice, crumbled ice mixed with water.
Trash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Trashing.]
1. To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop, as to trash the rattoons of sugar cane. B. Edwards.
2. To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush. [Obs.]
3. To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously. [R.] Beau. & Fl.
Trash, v. i.
Definition: To follow with violence and trampling. [R.] The Puritan (1607).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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