The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
CRAKING
Verb
craking
present participle of crake
Anagrams
• arcking, carking, racking
Source: Wiktionary
CRAKE
Crake (krk), v. t. & i. Etym: [See Crack.]
1. To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake.
2. To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully. [Obs.] Each man may crake of that which was his own. Mir. for Mag.
Crake, n.
Definition: A boast. See Crack, n. [Obs.] Spenser.
Crake, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. kr crow, kr raven, Sw. kr, Dan. krage; perh. of imitative origin. Cf. Crow.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; -- so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DAZED
(adjective) in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; “he had a dazed expression on his face”; “lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow”; “was stupid from fatigue”
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