CORNBRASH

Etymology

A local name for a soil that was good for growing corn (wheat).

Noun

cornbrash (countable and uncountable, plural cornbrashes)

(geology) A coarse calcareous sandstone in various parts of England

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

16 November 2024

LEAVE

(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”


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Coffee Trivia

The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.

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