The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
APOSTROPHIZED
Verb
apostrophized
simple past tense and past participle of apostrophize
Source: Wiktionary
APOSTROPHIZE
A*pos"tro*phize, v. t., Etym: [imp. & p. p. Apostrophized; p. pr. & vb. n. Apostrophizing.]
1. To address by apostrophe.
2. To contract by omitting a letter or letters; also, to mark with an apostrophe (') or apostrophes.
A*pos"tro*phize, v. i.
Definition: To use the rhetorical figure called apostrophe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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