The expression ācoffee breakā was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
COOMS
Verb
cooms
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coom
Noun
cooms
plural of coom
Anagrams
• COMOs, Cosmo, MOOCs, Mosco, SOCOM, ScoMo, Scomo, cosmo, cosmo-, mocos
Source: Wiktionary
COOM
Coom, n. Etym: [Cf. G. kahm mold gathered on liquids, D. kam, Sw. kimrƶk pine soot, smoke black, Icel. kam grime, film of dirt.]
Definition: Soot; coal dust; refuse matter, as the dirty grease which comes from axle boxes, or the refuse at the mouth of an oven. Phillips. Bailey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
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