The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
MIRKER
MIRK
Mirk, a. Etym: [See Murky.]
Definition: Dark; gloomy; murky. Spenser. Mrs. Browning.
Mirk, n.
Definition: Darkness; gloom; murk. "In mirk and mire." Longfellow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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