The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
PILCROW
Etymology
Noun
pilcrow (plural pilcrows)
The paragraph mark ¶.
Source: Wiktionary
Pil"crow, n. Etym: [A corruption of Paragraph.] (Print.)
Definition: a paragraph mark, . [Obs.] Tusser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISPERSION
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
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