The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
FEMERELL
Etymology
Noun
femerell (plural femerells)
(archaic) The lantern, louvre, or covering placed in the ridge of a hall roof for the purpose of ventilation or letting out the smoke of the fire kindled on a central hearth.
Source: Wiktionary
Fem"er*ell, n. Etym: [OF. fumeraille part of a chimney. See Fume.] (Arch.)
Definition: A lantern, or louver covering, placed on a roof, for ventilation or escape of smoke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ALIENATED
(adjective) socially disoriented; “anomic loners musing over their fate”; “we live in an age of rootless alienated people”
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