The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
MUSCHELKALK
Musch"el*kalk`, n. Etym: [G., from muschel shell + kalk limestone.] (Geol.)
Definition: A kind of shell limestone, whose strata form the middle one of the three divisions of the Triassic formation in Germany. See Chart, under Geology.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
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