The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
LIVELONGS
Noun
livelongs
plural of livelong
Anagrams
• lovelings
Source: Wiktionary
LIVELONG
Live"long`, a. Etym: [For lifelong. Cf. Lifelong.]
1. Whole; entire; long in passing; -- used of time, as day or night, in adverbial phrases, and usually with a sense of tediousness. The obscure bird Clamored the livelong night. Shak. How could she sit the livelong day, Yet never ask us once to play Swift.
2. Lasting; durable. [Obs.] Thou hast built thyself a livelong monument. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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