The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
ABSINTHIN
Ab*sin"thin, n. (Chem.)
Definition: The bitter principle of wormwood (Artemisia absinthium). Watts.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ALIENATED
(adjective) socially disoriented; “anomic loners musing over their fate”; “we live in an age of rootless alienated people”
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