The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
BESTRADDLE
Etymology
Verb
bestraddle (third-person singular simple present bestraddles, present participle bestraddling, simple past and past participle bestraddled)
(transitive) To bestride.
Source: Wiktionary
Be*strad"dle, v. t.
Definition: To bestride.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HABIT
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
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