The expression ācoffee breakā was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
BOUNED
Verb
bouned
simple past tense and past participle of boun
Anagrams
• bounde
Source: Wiktionary
BOUN
Boun, a. Etym: [See Bound ready.]
Definition: Ready; prepared; destined; tending. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Boun, v. t.
Definition: To make or get ready. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
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