The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
DUSTIER
DUSTY
cold, stale, dusty, moth-eaten
(adjective) lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; “moth-eaten theories about race”; “stale news”
dusty, dust-covered
(adjective) covered with a layer of dust; “a dusty pile of books”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
dustier
comparative form of dusty
Anagrams
• erudits, retusid, rĂ©duits, studier
Source: Wiktionary
DUSTY
Dust"y, a. [Compar. Dustier; superl. Dustiest.] Etym: [AS. dystig. See Dust.]
1. Filled, covered, or sprinkled with dust; clouded with dust; as, a dusty table; also, reducing to dust. And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Shak.
2. Like dust; of the color of dust; as a dusty white. Dusty miller (Bot.), a plant (Cineraria maritima); -- so called because of the ashy-white coating of its leaves.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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