The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
BOSSAGE
Boss"age, n. Etym: [F. bossage, fr. bosse. See Boss a stud.]
1. (Arch.)
Definition: A stone in a building, left rough and projecting, to be afterward carved into shape. Gwilt.
2. (Arch.)
Definition: Rustic work, consisting of stones which seem to advance beyond the level of the building, by reason of indentures or channels left in the joinings. Gwilt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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