The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
GLISSADED
Verb
glissaded
simple past tense and past participle of glissade
Source: Wiktionary
GLISSADE
Glis`sade", n. Etym: [F., fr. glisser to slip.]
Definition: A sliding, as down a snow slope in the Alps. Tyndall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SCHNORR
(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”
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