The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
COXES
Proper noun
Coxes
plural of Coxe
Anagrams
• excos
Noun
coxes
plural of cox
Anagrams
• excos
Source: Wiktionary
COX
Cox (kks), n. Etym: [OE. cokes. Cf. Coax.]
Definition: A coxcomb; a simpleton; a gull. [Obs.] Go; you're a brainless cox, a toy, a fop. Beau. & Fl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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