The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
ENCAMPS
Verb
encamps
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encamp
Source: Wiktionary
ENCAMP
En*camp", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Encamped; p. pr. & vb. n. Encamping.]
Definition: To form and occupy a camp; to prepare and settle in temporary habitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, pitch tents, or form huts, and remain for the night or for a longer time, as an army or a company traveling. The host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim. 1 Chron. xi. 15.
En*camp", v. t.
Definition: To form into a camp; to place in a temporary habitation, or quarters. Bid him encamp his soldiers. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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