The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
FLYAWAY
flyaway
(adjective) (of hair or clothing) worn loose; “her flyaway hair”; “a flyaway coat”
flighty, flyaway, head-in-the-clouds, scatterbrained
(adjective) guided by whim and fancy; “flighty young girls”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
flyaway (not comparable)
Disposed to fly away; unrestrained; light and free.
Flighty; frivolous
(of hair) Soft, light, unruly, and difficult to set into a style.
Noun
flyaway (plural flyaways)
A stray hair that is difficult to style.
Anything that is difficult to capture or restrain.
(gymnastics) A kind of dismount from bars that incorporates one or more flips or twists.
Source: Wiktionary
Fly"a*way`, a.
Definition: Disposed to fly away; flighty; unrestrained; light and free; -- used of both persons and things. -- n.
Definition: A flyaway person or thing. "Truth is such a flyaway." Emerson.
flyaway adj.
1. frivolous; -- of people. serious Syn. -- flighty. [WordNet 1.5]
2. Tending to move away from a center, rather than remain in a compact group; -- used of hair or clothing or of small particles of matter. Light objects or particles readily taking a static electric charge may be moved apart by acquisition of a charge, or by approach of a charged object. Such a property is called flyaway. Syn. -- fluttering. [WordNet 1.5]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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