The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
GUIPURE
Etymology
Noun
guipure (countable and uncountable, plural guipures)
A kind of bobbin lace that connects the motifs with bars or plaits rather than net or mesh.
Source: Wiktionary
Gui*pure", n. Etym: [F.]
Definition: A term used for lace of different kinds; most properly for a lace of large pattern and heavy material which has no ground or mesh, but has the pattern held together by connecting threads called bars or brides.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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