The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
CHAFERS
Noun
chafers
plural of chafer
Anagrams
• Schafer
Source: Wiktionary
CHAFER
Chaf"er, n.
1. One who chafes.
2. A vessel for heating water; -- hence, a dish or pan. A chafer of water to cool the ends of the irons. Baker.
Chaf"er, n. Etym: [AS. ceafor; akin to D. kever, G këfer.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A kind of beetle; the cockchafer. The name is also applied to other species; as, the rose chafer.
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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