The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
MILKILY
Etymology
Adverb
milkily (comparative more milkily, superlative most milkily)
In the manner of milk
The fog flowed milkily along the valley.
Source: Wiktionary
Milk"i*ly, adv.
Definition: In a milky manner.
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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