The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
PERAMBULATES
Verb
perambulates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of perambulate
Anagrams
• preambulates
Source: Wiktionary
PERAMBULATE
Per*am"bu*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perambulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Perambulating.] Etym: [L. perambulatus, p.p. of perambulare to perambulate; per through + ambulare to walk. See Per-, and Amble.]
Definition: To walk through or over; especially, to travel over for the purpose of surveying or examining; to inspect by traversing; specifically, to inspect officially the boundaries of, as of a town or parish, by walking over the whole line.
Per*am"bu*late, v. i.
Definition: To walk about; to ramble; to stroll; as, he perambulated in the park.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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