The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
POLATOUCHE
Po`la`touche", n. Etym: [F.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A flying squirrel (Sciuropterus volans) native of Northern Europe and Siberia; -- called also minene.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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