The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
INHUMES
Verb
inhumes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inhume
Source: Wiktionary
INHUME
In*hume", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inhumed; p. pr. & vb. n. Inhuming.] Etym: [Cf. F. inhumer. See Inhumate.]
1. To deposit, as a dead body, in the earth; to bury; to inter. Weeping they bear the mangled heaps of slain, Inhume the natives in their native plain. Pope.
2. To bury or place in warm earth for chemical or medicinal purposes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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