The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
COS
cos, cos lettuce, romaine, romaine lettuce
(noun) lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head
cosine, cos
(noun) ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Cos
An island in the Dodecanese, Greece.
Anagrams
• CSO, OCS, OCs, OSC, SCO, SOC, SoC, Soc, Soc., soc, soc.
Etymology 1
From the name of the island Cos, whence it was introduced.
Noun
cos (plural coses)
A variety of lettuce with long, crisp leaves.
Etymology 2
Conjunction
cos
(informal, UK, Ireland, South Africa, African-American Vernacular) because
Etymology 3
Noun
cos (plural cosses)
(informal, African-American Vernacular) A cousin, cuz.
Etymology 4
Noun
cos
plural of co
Anagrams
• CSO, OCS, OCs, OSC, SCO, SOC, SoC, Soc, Soc., soc, soc.
Source: Wiktionary
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