The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
PICOLINES
Noun
picolines
plural of picoline
Anagrams
• epsilonic
Source: Wiktionary
PICOLINE
Pic"o*line, n. Etym: [L. pix, picis, pitch + oleum oil + -ine.] (Chem.)
Definition: Any one of three isometric bases (C6H7N) related to pyridine, and obtained from bone oil, acrolein ammonia, and coal-tar naphtha, as colorless mobile liquids of strong odor; -- called also methyl pyridine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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