The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
DISPARKED
Verb
disparked
simple past tense and past participle of dispark
Source: Wiktionary
DISPARK
Dis*park", v. t.
1. To throw (a park or inclosure); to treat (a private park) as a common. The Gentiles were made to be God's people when the Jews' inclosure was disparked. Jer. Taylor.
2. To set at large; to release from inclosure. Till his free muse threw down the pale, And did at once dispark them all. Waller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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