The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
DISCAGE
Etymology
Verb
discage (third-person singular simple present discages, present participle discaging, simple past and past participle discaged)
(transitive) To free from a cage.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*cage", v. t.
Definition: To uncage. [R.] Tennyson.
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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