The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
DODGIER
DODGY
crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily
(adjective) marked by skill in deception; “cunning men often pass for wise”; “deep political machinations”; “a foxy scheme”; “a slick evasive answer”; “sly as a fox”; “tricky Dick”; “a wily old attorney”
chancy, chanceful, dicey, dodgy
(adjective) of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk; “an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog”- New Yorker
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
dodgier
comparative form of dodgy
Source: Wiktionary
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