The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
EVENFALL
twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle
(noun) the time of day immediately following sunset; “he loved the twilight”; “they finished before the fall of night”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
evenfall (countable and uncountable, plural evenfalls)
(poetic) dusk, twilight
Synonyms
• crepusculum, mirkning, nightfall; see also dusk
Source: Wiktionary
E"ven*fall`, n.
Definition: Beginning of evening. "At the quiet evenfall." Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HABIT
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
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