The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
NIGGARDED
Verb
niggarded
simple past tense and past participle of niggard
Anagrams
• degrading
Source: Wiktionary
NIGGARD
Nig"gard, n. Etym: [Icel. hnöggr niggardly, stingy + -ard; cf. Sw. njugg, AS. hneáw.]
Definition: A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser. Chaucer. A penurious niggard of his wealth. Milton. Be niggards of advice on no pretense. Pope.
Nig"gard, a.
Definition: Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.
Nig"gard, v. t. & i.
Definition: To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. [R.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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