The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
BESCREEN
Etymology
Verb
bescreen (third-person singular simple present bescreens, present participle bescreening, simple past and past participle bescreened)
(transitive) To cover with a screen, or as with a screen.
(transitive) To shelter; conceal.
Source: Wiktionary
Be*screen", v. t.
Definition: To cover with a screen, or as with a screen; to shelter; to conceal. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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