The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
CONTUSE
bruise, contuse
(verb) injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of; “I bruised my knee”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
contuse (third-person singular simple present contuses, present participle contusing, simple past and past participle contused)
(transitive) To injure without breaking the skin; to bruise.
Anagrams
• Scouten, consute, countes, econuts
Source: Wiktionary
Con*tuse", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Contused; p.pr. & vb.n. Contusing.] Etym: [L. contusus, p.p. of contundere to beat, crush; con- + tundere to beat, akin to Skr. tud (for stud) to strike, Goth. stautan. See Stutter.]
1. To beat, pound, or together. Roots, barks, and seeds contused together. Bacon.
2. To bruise; to injure or disorganize a part without breaking the skin. Contused wound, a wound attended with bruising.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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