The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
KATORGA
Etymology
Noun
katorga (countable and uncountable, plural katorgas)
Penal servitude in a Russian or Soviet labour camp.
A Tsarist or Soviet labour camp.
Source: Wiktionary
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SUMMIT
(verb) reach the summit (of a mountain); “They breasted the mountain”; “Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit”
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