The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
EXPURGATOR
expurgator, bowdlerizer, bowdleriser
(noun) a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages; “Thomas Bowdler was a famous expurgator”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
expurgator (plural expurgators)
One who expurgates.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex"pur*ga`tor, n.
Definition: One who expurgates or purifies.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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WHOLE
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
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