The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
CORTICIFER
Cor*tic"i*fer (kr-ts"-fr), n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the Gorgoniacea; -- so called because the fleshy part surrounds a solid axis, like a bark.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BODILY
(adjective) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; “bodily needs”; “a corporal defect”; “corporeal suffering”; “a somatic symptom or somatic illness”
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