The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
ABRAYING
Verb
abraying
present participle of abray
Source: Wiktionary
ABRAY
A*bray", v. Etym: [A false form from the preterit abraid, abrayde.]
Definition: See Abraid. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SHTIK
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
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