The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
OVERRECKON
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Verb
overreckon (third-person singular simple present overreckons, present participle overreckoning, simple past and past participle overreckoned)
To reckon too highly.
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*reck"on, v. t.
Definition: To reckon too highly.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COWBERRY
(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
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