The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
heavy, labored, laboured
(adjective) requiring or showing effort; “heavy breathing”; “the subject made for labored reading”
labored, laboured, strained
(adjective) lacking natural ease; “a labored style of debating”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
laboured
simple past tense and past participle of labour
laboured (comparative more laboured, superlative most laboured)
Expressive of strenuous effort.
Of writing or speech or similar, stilted or not natural due to too much effort being used in the production.
Source: Wiktionary
2 July 2025
(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”
The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.