The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
BEPOMMEL
Etymology
Verb
bepommel (third-person singular simple present bepommels, present participle bepommelling or bepommeling, simple past and past participle bepommelled or bepommeled)
(transitive) To pommel; to beat, as with a stick.
(transitive, figuratively) To assail or criticise in conversation, or in writing.
Source: Wiktionary
Be*pom"mel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bepommeled; p. pr. & vb. n. Bepommeling.]
Definition: To pommel; to beat, as with a stick; figuratively, to assail or criticise in conversation, or in writing. Thackeray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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