The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
DISPIRITMENT
Etymology
Noun
dispiritment (countable and uncountable, plural dispiritments)
Dispiritedness; disheartenment.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*pir"it*ment, n.
Definition: Depression of spirits; discouragement. [R.] Procter, in evident distress and dispiritment, was waiting the slow conclusion of this. Carlyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISKETTE
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