The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
MILLEPED
Noun
milleped (plural millepeds)
Obsolete form of millipede.
Anagrams
• impelled
Source: Wiktionary
Mil"le*ped, n. Etym: [L. millepeda; mille a thousand + pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. mille-pieds.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A myriapod with many legs, esp. a chilognath, as the galleyworm. [Written also millipede and milliped.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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