The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
MISCUED
Verb
miscued
simple past tense and past participle of miscue
Source: Wiktionary
MISCUE
Mis*cue", n. (Billiards)
Definition: A false stroke with a billiard cue, the cue slipping from the ball struck without impelling it as desired.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ROOTS
(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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