The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
INLACE
Etymology
Verb
inlace (third-person singular simple present inlaces, present participle inlacing, simple past and past participle inlaced)
To work in, as lace; to embellish with work resembling lace.
To enlace.
Anagrams
• Celina, NELIAC, alcine, ancile
Source: Wiktionary
In*lace", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inlaced; p. pr. & vb. n. Inlacing.] Etym: [Pref. in- + lace: cf. OE. enlacen to entangle, involve, OF. enlacier, F. enlacer. See Lace, and cf. Enlace.]
Definition: To work in, as lace; to embellish with work resembling lace; also, to lace or enlace. P. Fletcher.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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