The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
CROCKETED
crocketed
(adjective) (of a gable or spire) furnished with a crocket (an ornament in the form of curved or bent foliage); “a crocketed spire”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
crocketed (not comparable)
(architecture) Having a crocket.
Source: Wiktionary
Crock"et*ed, a. (Arch.)
Definition: Ornamented with crockets.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
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