The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
BESLAVER
Etymology
Verb
beslaver (third-person singular simple present beslavers, present participle beslavering, simple past and past participle beslavered)
(transitive) To cover with slaver, or anything suggesting slaver.
(transitive, figuratively) To cover with fulsome flattery.
Anagrams
• servable, versable
Source: Wiktionary
Be*slav"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beslavered; p. pr. & vb. n. Beslavering.]
Definition: To defile with slaver; to beslobber.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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