The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
EMERSIONS
Noun
emersions
plural of emersion
Anagrams
• sermonise
Source: Wiktionary
EMERSION
E*mer"sion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. Ă©mersion. See Emerge.]
1. The act of emerging, or of rising out of anything; as, emersion from the sea; emersion from obscurity or difficulties. Their immersion into water and their emersion out of the same. Knatchbull.
2. (Astron.)
Definition: The reappearance of a heavenly body after an eclipse or occultation; as, the emersion of the moon from the shadow of the earth; the emersion of a star from behind the moon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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