The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
HABITUDES
Noun
habitudes
plural of habitude
Source: Wiktionary
HABITUDE
Hab"i*tude, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. habitudo condition. See Habit.]
1. Habitual attitude; usual or accustomed state with reference to something else; established or usual relations. South. The same ideas having immutably the same habitudes one to another. Locke. The verdict of the judges was biased by nothing else than habitudes of thinking. Landor.
2. Habitual association, intercourse, or familiarity. To write well, one must have frequent habitudes with the best company. Dryden.
3. Habit of body or of action. Shak. It is impossible to gain an exact habitude without an infinite Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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