The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
CRESSY
Etymology
Adjective
cressy (comparative more cressy, superlative most cressy)
Abounding in cresses
Anagrams
• cysers
Source: Wiktionary
Cress"y (krs"), a.
Definition: Abounding in cresses. The cressy islets white in flower. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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