The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
PLEDGEE
pledgee
(noun) someone to whom a pledge is made or someone with whom something is deposited as a pledge
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pledgee (plural pledgees)
someone who receives a pledge
Source: Wiktionary
Pledg*ee", n.
Definition: The one to whom a pledge is given, or to whom property pledged is delivered.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SENSE
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
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