The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
POTHOOK
pothook
(noun) an S-shaped hook to suspend a pot over a fire
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pothook (plural pothooks)
An S-shaped iron hook used to suspend a cooking pot over a fire.
A crooked stroke in writing; a scrawl.
Anagrams
• hooktop
Source: Wiktionary
Pot"hook`, n.
1. An
2. A written character curved like a pothook; (pl.) a scrawled writing. "I long to be spelling her Arabic scrawls and pothooks." Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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