The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
JAGGY
jagged, jaggy, scraggy
(adjective) having a sharply uneven surface or outline; “the jagged outline of the crags”; “scraggy cliffs”
erose, jagged, jaggy, notched, toothed
(adjective) having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
jaggy (comparative jaggier, superlative jaggiest)
jagged, toothed or serrated
Synonyms
• dentate, serrate; see also notched
Source: Wiktionary
Jag"gy, a.
Definition: Having jags; set with teeth; notched; uneven; as, jaggy teeth. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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