The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
ORFRAYS
Noun
orfrays
plural of orfray
Anagrams
• forrays
Source: Wiktionary
Or"frays, n. Etym: [OF. orfrais, F. orfroi; F. or gold + fraise, frise, fringe, ruff. See Fraise, and cf. Auriphrygiate.]
Definition: See Orphrey. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
ORFRAY
Or"fray, n. Etym: [F. orfraie. Cf. Osprey, Ossifrage.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The osprey. [Obs.] Holland.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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