The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
INQUILINE
Etymology
Noun
inquiline (plural inquilines)
(biology) An animal that lives commensally in the nest, burrow, gall, or dwelling place of an animal of another species.
(biology) An organism that lives within a reservoir of water collected in the hollow of a plant stem or leaf.
Source: Wiktionary
In"qui*line, n. Etym: [L. inquilinus a tenant, lodger.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A gallfly which deposits its eggs in galls formed by other insects.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SPOT
(noun) a small contrasting part of something; “a bald spot”; “a leopard’s spots”; “a patch of clouds”; “patches of thin ice”; “a fleck of red”
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