The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
KICKSYWICKSY
Kick"sy-wick`sy, Kick"y-wisk`y, n.
Definition: That which is restless and uneasy.
Note: Kicky-wicky, or, in some editions, Kicksy-wicksy, is applied contemptuously to a wife by Shakespeare, in "All's Well that Ends Well," ii. 3, 297.
Kick"sy-wick`sy, a.
Definition: Fantastic; restless; as, kicksy-wicksy flames. Nares.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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