The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
POSTCOMMUNION
Post`com*mun"ion, n. Etym: [Pref. post- + communion.]
1. (Ch. of Eng. & Prot. Epis. Ch.)
Definition: The concluding portion of the communion service.
2. (R. C. Ch.)
Definition: A prayer or prayers which the priest says at Mass, after the ablutions.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SHTIK
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
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