The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
CHESSOM
Ches"som, n. Etym: [Cf. Chisley.]
Definition: Mellow earth; mold. [Obs.] Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
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