The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
MANCIPATE
Verb
mancipate (third-person singular simple present mancipates, present participle mancipating, simple past and past participle mancipated)
(obsolete) To enslave
Source: Wiktionary
Man"ci*pate, v. t. Etym: [L. mancipatus, p. p. of mancipare to sell. Cf. Emancipate.]
Definition: To enslave; to bind; to restrict. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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