The expression ācoffee breakā was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
HOMELESS
dispossessed, homeless, roofless
(adjective) physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security; āmade a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to anotherā- James Stern
homeless, stateless
(adjective) without nationality or citizenship; āstateless personsā
homeless
(noun) poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in; āthe homeless became a problem in the large citiesā
homeless, homeless person
(noun) someone unfortunate without housing; āa homeless was found murdered in Central Parkā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
homeless (not comparable)
Lacking a permanent place of residence.
Source: Wiktionary
Home"less, a. Etym: [AS.hamleas.]
Definition: Destitute of a home.
– Home"less*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
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