The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
HOTHOUSED
Verb
hothoused
simple past tense and past participle of hothouse
Source: Wiktionary
HOTHOUSE
Hot"house`, n.
1. A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and fruits ripened.
2. A bagnio, or bathing house. [Obs.] Shak.
3. A brothel; a bagnio. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
4. (Pottery)
Definition: A heated room for drying green ware.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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