The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
PAMPERING
pampering
(adjective) gratifying tastes, appetites, or desires; “pampering parents often have spoilt children”; “a very pampering cruise experience”
indulgence, indulging, pampering, humoring
(noun) the act of indulging or gratifying a desire
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
pampering
present participle of pamper
Noun
pampering (plural pamperings)
The act by which somebody is pampered.
Anagrams
• preamping, remapping
Source: Wiktionary
PAMPER
Pam"per, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pampered; p. pr. & vb. n. Pampering.] Etym: [Cf. LG. pampen, slampampen, to live luxuriously, pampe thick pap, and E. pap.]
1. To feed to the full; to feed luxuriously; to glut; as, to pamper the body or the appetite. "A body . . . pampered for corruption." Dr. T. Dwight.
2. To gratify inordinately; to indulge to excess; as, to pamper pride; to pamper the imagination. South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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