The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
PLICATURE
Etymology
Noun
plicature (plural plicatures)
A fold; a doubling; a plication.
Source: Wiktionary
Plic"a*ture, n. Etym: [L. plicatura, fr. plicare to fold.]
Definition: A fold; a doubling; a plication. Dr. H. More.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SCHNORR
(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”
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