The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
ORDONNANT
Or"don*nant, a. Etym: [F., p. pr. of ordonner. See Ordinant.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to ordonnance. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CORRUGATED
(adjective) shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges; “the surface of the ocean was rippled and corrugated”
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