The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
COLOSSEUMS
Noun
colosseums
plural of colosseum
Source: Wiktionary
COLOSSEUM
Col`os*se"um, n. Etym: [Neut., fr. L. coloseus gigantic. See Coliseum.]
Definition: The amphitheater of Vespasian in Rome. [Also written Coliseum.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HABIT
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
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