The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
MILKIER
MILKY
milky, milklike, whitish
(adjective) resembling milk in color; not clear; “milky glass”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
milkier
comparative form of milky
Source: Wiktionary
MILKY
Milk"y, a.
1. Consisting of, or containing, milk. Pails high foaming with a milky flood. Pope.
2. Like, or somewhat like, milk; whitish and turbid; as, the water is milky. "Milky juice." Arbuthnot.
3. Yielding milk. "Milky mothers." Roscommon.
4. Mild; tame; spiritless. Has friendship such a faint and milky heart Shak. Milky Way. (Astron.) See Galaxy, 1.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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