The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
CERUSES
CERUSE
Ce"ruse, n. Etym: [F. céruse, L. cerussa.]
1. White lead, used as a pigment. See White lead, under White.
2. A cosmetic containing white lead. To distinguish ceruse from natural bloom. Macaulay.
3. (Min.)
Definition: The native carbonate of lead.
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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