The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
DISHOUSE
Etymology
Verb
dishouse (third-person singular simple present dishouses, present participle dishousing, simple past and past participle dishoused)
(transitive) To deprive of house or home.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*house", v. t.
Definition: To deprive of house or home. "Dishoused villagers." James White.
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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