The expression ācoffee breakā was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
BAWLED
Verb
bawled
simple past tense and past participle of bawl
Source: Wiktionary
BAWL
Bawl, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bawled (p. pr. & vb. n. Bawling.] Etym: [Icel. baula to low, bellow, as a cow; akin to Sw. bƶla; cf. AS bellan, G. bellen to bark, E. bellow, bull.]
1. To cry out with a loud, full sound; to cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; to shout; to vociferate.
2. To cry loudly, as a child from pain or vexation.
Bawl, v. t.
Definition: To proclaim with a loud voice, or by outcry, as a hawker or town-crier does. Swift.
Bawl, n.
Definition: A loud, prolonged cry; an outcry.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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