The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
CHOREE
Etymology
Noun
choree (plural chorees)
a choreus, trochee (a foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short)
Anagrams
• cheero, cohere, echoer, re-echo, reecho
Source: Wiktionary
Cho*ree", n. Etym: [F. chorée.]
Definition: See Choreus.
Cho*re"us, Cho*ree" (, n. Etym: [L. choreus, Gr. chorée.] (Anc. Pros.) (a) a trochee. (b) A tribrach.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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6 May 2025
HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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