The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
AGRARIANS
Noun
agrarians
plural of agrarian
Source: Wiktionary
AGRARIAN
A*gra"ri*an, a. Etym: [L. agrarius, fr. ager field.]
1. Pertaining to fields, or lands, or their tenure; esp., relating to am equal or equitable division of lands; as, the agrarian laws of Rome, which distributed the conquered and other public lands among citizens. His Grace's landed possessions are irresistibly inviting to an agrarian experiment. Burke.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Wild; -- said of plants growing in the fields.
A*gra"ri*an, n.
1. One in favor of an equal division of landed property.
2. An agrarian law. [R.] An equal agrarian is perpetual law. Harrington.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FATIGUE
(noun) (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something; “he was suffering from museum fatigue”; “after watching TV with her husband she had a bad case of football fatigue”; “the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue”; “political fatigue”
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