The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
CHECKERBERRIES
Noun
checkerberries
plural of checkerberry
Source: Wiktionary
CHECKERBERRY
Check"er*ber`ry, n.; pl. Checkerberries. (Bot.)
Definition: A spicy plant and its bright red berry; the wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens). Also incorrectly applied to the partridge berry (Mitchella repens).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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