The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
COMPO
Noun
compo (countable and uncountable, plural compos)
Abbreviation of composition.
A mixture of whiting, resin, and glue for ornamenting walls and cornices.
Abbreviation of competition.
Abbreviation of compensation.
(military, slang, historical, attributive) Compo ration.
Source: Wiktionary
Com"po, n.; pl. -pos (#).
Definition: Short for Composition; -- used, esp. in England, colloq. in various trade applications; as : (a) A mortar made of sand and cement. (b) A carver's mixture of resin, whiting, and glue, used instead of plaster of Paris for ornamenting walls and cornices. (c) A composition for billiard balls. (d) A preparation of which printer's rollers are made. (e) A preparation used in currying leather. (f) Composition paid by a debtor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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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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