The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
HATRACK
coatrack, coat rack, hatrack
(noun) a rack with hooks for temporarily holding coats and hats
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hatrack (plural hatracks)
(US) Alternative spelling of hat rack
Source: Wiktionary
Hat"rack`, n.
Definition: A hatstand; hattree.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INITIALISM
(noun) an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately; “HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language”
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