The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
BIRTHROOT
Etymology
Noun
birthroot (countable and uncountable, plural birthroots)
Trillium erectum, a perennial plant of North America with deep-red flowers.
Source: Wiktionary
Birth"root`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: An herbaceous plant (Trillium erectum), and its astringent rootstock, which is said to have medicinal properties.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUMMIT
(verb) reach the summit (of a mountain); “They breasted the mountain”; “Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit”
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