The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
CONDURRITE
Con*dur"rite, n. (Min.)
Definition: A variety of the mineral domeykite, or copper arsenide, from the Condurra mine in Cornwall, England.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SHTIK
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
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