The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
LINSEY
Proper noun
Linsey (plural Linseys)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Linsey is the 23268th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1095 individuals. Linsey is most common among White (54.79%) and Black/African American (38.72%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Insley, Nisley, lysine, silyne
Noun
linsey (countable and uncountable, plural linseys)
A cloth made of linen and wool.
A kind of clayey rock.
Anagrams
• Insley, Nisley, lysine, silyne
Source: Wiktionary
Lin"sey, n. Etym: [See Linen.]
Definition: Linsey-woolsey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTUITIVELY
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
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