The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
MOONLESS
moonless
(adjective) without a moon or a visible moon; “the dark moonless night”; “a moonless planet”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
moonless (not comparable)
(of a night) During which no phase of the Moon is visible to provide light.
(of a planet) Having no orbiting moon.
Source: Wiktionary
Moon"less, a.
Definition: Being without a moon or moonlight.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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