The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
ADDLES
Noun
addles
plural of addle
Verb
addles
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of addle
Anagrams
• daleds, saddle
Source: Wiktionary
ADDLE
Ad"dle, n. Etym: [OE. adel, AS. adela, mud.]
1. Liquid filth; mire. [Obs.]
2. Lees; dregs. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
Ad"dle, a.
Definition: Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. Dryden.
Ad"dle, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Addled; p. pr. & vb. n. Addling.]
Definition: To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain. "Their eggs were addled." Cowper.
Ad"dle, v. t. & i. Etym: [OE. adlen, adilen, to gain, acquire; prob. fr. Icel. ö\'eblask to acquire property, akin to othal property. Cf. Allodial.]
1. To earn by labor. [Prov. Eng.] Forby.
2. To thrive or grow; to ripen. [Prov. Eng.] Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more. Tusser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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