The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
DUNKIRK
Dunkirk, Dunkerque
(noun) an amphibious evacuation in World War II (1940) when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches in northern France in a desperate retreat under enemy fire
Dunkirk, Dunkerque
(noun) a seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II
Dunkirk
(noun) a crisis in which a desperate effort is the only alternative to defeat; “the Russians had to pull off a Dunkirk to get out of there”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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