The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
bouquet, corsage, posy, nosegay
(noun) an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
Source: WordNet® 3.1
corsage (plural corsages)
(obsolete) The size or shape of a person's body.
(now, only historical) The waist or bodice of a woman's dress.
A small bouquet of flowers, originally worn attached to the bodice of a woman's dress.
• cargoes, socager
Source: Wiktionary
Cor"sage (kr"sj), n. Etym: [F. See Corset.]
Definition: The waist or bodice of a lady's dress; as. a low corsage.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.