The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
EXPILATION
Ex`pi*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. expiatio.]
Definition: The act of expilating or stripping off; plunder; pillage. [Obs.] This ravenous expiation of the state. Daniel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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16 November 2024
LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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