The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
OVERBOIL
overboil
(verb) boil excessively; “The peas are overboiled”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
overboil (third-person singular simple present overboils, present participle overboiling, simple past and past participle overboiled)
(ambitransitive) To boil excessively.
Antonyms
• underboil
Anagrams
• boil over, boilover
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*boil", v. i.
Definition: To boil over or unduly. Nor is discontent to keep the mind Deep in its fountain, lest it overboil In the hot throng. Byron.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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