The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
flisks
plural of flisk
Source: Wiktionary
Flisk, v. i.
Definition: To frisk; to skip; to caper. [Obs. Scot.] "The flisking flies." Gosson.
Flisk, n.
Definition: A caper; a spring; a whim. [Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 June 2025
(noun) a member of a learned society; “he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association”
The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.