The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
NASCENCY
birth, nativity, nascency, nascence
(noun) the event of being born; “they celebrated the birth of their first child”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
nascency (countable and uncountable, plural nascencies)
A state of incipiency; a quality of nascence.
Source: Wiktionary
Nas"cen*cy, n. Etym: [L. nascentia. See Nascent.]
Definition: State of being nascent; birth; beginning; origin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing
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