The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
ASKANCES
Verb
askances
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of askance
Source: Wiktionary
ASKANCE
A*skance", A*skant", adv. Etym: [Cf. D. schuin, schuins, sideways, schuiven to shove, schuinte slope. Cf. Asquint.]
Definition: Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion. They dart away; they wheel askance. Beattie. My palfrey eyed them askance. Landor. Both . . . were viewed askance by authority. Gladstone.
A*skance", v. t.
Definition: To turn aside. [Poet.] O, how are they wrapped in with infamies That from their own misdeeds askance their eyes! Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adverb) in truth; certainly; “I verily think so”; “trust in the Lord...and verily thou shalt be fed”- Ps 37:3
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