The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
MEAGERNESS
meagerness, meagreness, leanness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, exiguity
(noun) the quality of being meager; “an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes”-George Eliot
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
meagerness (countable and uncountable, plural meagernesses)
(US) The state of being meager.
Anagrams
• meagreness
Source: Wiktionary
Mea"ger*ness, Mea"gre*ness, n.
Definition: The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness; barrenness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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