The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
DISFIGUREMENTS
Noun
disfigurements
plural of disfigurement
Source: Wiktionary
DISFIGUREMENT
Dis*fig"ure*ment, n.
1. Act of disfiguring, or state of being disfigured; deformity. Milton.
2. That which disfigures; a defacement; a blot. Uncommon expressions . . . are a disfigurement rather than any embellishment of discourse. Hume.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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