The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
HEARTBROKE
Etymology
Adjective
heartbroke (comparative more heartbroke, superlative most heartbroke)
(dialect or nonstandard) heartbroken
Source: Wiktionary
HEARTBREAK
Heart"break`, n.
Definition: Crushing sorrow or grief; a yielding to such grief. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LIGHT
(adjective) having relatively few calories; “diet cola”; “light (or lite) beer”; “lite (or light) mayonnaise”; “a low-cal diet”
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