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.
YEX
Etymology 1
Verb
yex (third-person singular simple present yexes, present participle yexing, simple past and past participle yexed)
(archaic) to hiccup
(archaic) to belch or burp
Etymology 2
Noun
yex (plural yexes)
(archaic or dialectal) a hiccup
Anagrams
• exy, xey
Source: Wiktionary
Yex, v. i. Etym: [OE. ýexen, yesken, AS. giscian to sob.]
Definition: To hiccough. [Written also yox, yux.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] He yexeth and he speaketh through the nose. Chaucer.
Yex, n. Etym: [AS. geocsa a sobbing, hiccough. Cf. Yex, v. i.]
Definition: A hiccough. [Written also yox, and yux.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "The excessive yex." Holland.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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