The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
PREFIRE
Etymology 1
Adjective
prefire (not comparable)
Before the occurrence of a fire.
Etymology 2
Verb
prefire (third-person singular simple present prefires, present participle prefiring, simple past and past participle prefired)
Alternative form of pre-fire.
Source: Wiktionary
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(noun) an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended
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