The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
PEASANTRY
peasantry
(noun) the class of peasants
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
peasantry (countable and uncountable, plural peasantries)
(historical) Impoverished rural farm workers, either as serfs, small freeholders or hired hands.
Ignorant people of the lowest social status; bumpkins, rustics.
Source: Wiktionary
Peas"ant*ry, n.
1. Peasants, collectively; the body of rustics. "A bold peasantry." Goldsmith.
2. Rusticity; coarseness. [Obs.] p. Butler.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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