The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
ICHNOLOGY
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Noun
ichnology (countable and uncountable, plural ichnologies)
(paleontology) A branch of paleontology concerned with the study of trace fossils. It can be divided into paleoichnology and neoichnology.
Source: Wiktionary
Ich*nol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.] (Geol.)
Definition: The branch of science which treats of fossil footprints.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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