The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
OVERSOUL
Etymology
Noun
oversoul (plural oversouls)
(philosophy, especially in transcendentalism) A supreme reality or mind; the spiritual unity of all being.
Source: Wiktionary
O"ver*soul`, n.
Definition: The all-containing soul. [R.] That unity, that oversout, within which every man's particular being is contained and made one with all other. Emerson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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