The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
HALDANE
Haldane, Richard Haldane, Richard Burdon Haldane, First Viscount Haldane of Cloan
(noun) Scottish statesman and brother of Elizabeth and John Haldane (1856-1928)
Haldane, Elizabeth Haldane, Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane
(noun) Scottish writer and sister of Richard Haldane and John Haldane (1862-1937)
Haldane, John Haldane, John Scott Haldane
(noun) Scottish physiologist and brother of Richard Haldane and Elizabeth Haldane; noted for research into industrial diseases (1860-1936)
Haldane, J. B. S. Haldane, John Burdon Sanderson Haldane
(noun) Scottish geneticist (son of John Haldane) who contributed to the development of population genetics; a popularizer of science and a Marxist (1892-1964)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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(noun) chafing between two skin surfaces that are in contact (as in the armpit or under the breasts or between the thighs)
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