The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
COUSINSHIP
Etymology
Noun
cousinship (countable and uncountable, plural cousinships)
The state of being cousins, or the relationship that exists among cousins.
Synonym: cousinhood
Hypernym: kinship
Source: Wiktionary
Cous"in*ship, n.
Definition: The relationship of cousins; state of being cousins; cousinhood. G. Eliot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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