The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
HETEROSCIANS
Noun
heteroscians
plural of heteroscian
Source: Wiktionary
HETEROSCIAN
Het`er*os"cian, n. Etym: [Gr. hétéroscien.]
Definition: One who lives either north or south of the tropics, as contrasted with one who lives on the other side of them; -- so called because at noon the shadows always fall in opposite directions (the one northward, the other southward).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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