The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
BECLOAK
Etymology
Verb
becloak (third-person singular simple present becloaks, present participle becloaking, simple past and past participle becloaked)
(transitive, literal, figurative) To cover or surround, as with a cloak.
Source: Wiktionary
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CHAINED
(adjective) bound with chains; “enchained demons strained in anger to gnaw on his bones”; “prisoners in chains”
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