The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
ALLEDGES
Verb
alledges
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alledge
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
ALLEDGE
Al*ledge", v. t.
Definition: See Allege. [Obs.]
Note: This spelling, corresponding to abridge, was once the prevailing one.
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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