The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
RAIK
Etymology 1
Noun
raik (plural raiks) (Northern England, Scotland)
(also, figurative) A walk, or a journey taken (especially on foot); the act of taking a walk or journey.
Synonym: Thesaurus:journey
The movement of animals while grazing.
The pastureland over which animals graze; a range, a stray.
(Scotland) A journey to transport something between two places; a run; also, the quantity of items so transported.
Verb
raik (third-person singular simple present raiks, present participle raiking, simple past and past participle raiked)
(intransitive, Midlands, Northern England, Scotland) To walk; to roam, to wander.
Synonym: Thesaurus:walk
(intransitive, Midlands, Northern England, Scotland) Of animals (especially sheep): to graze.
(transitive, chiefly, Scotland) To roam or wander through (somewhere).
Etymology 2
Noun
raik (plural raiks)
(Scotland) Alternative spelling of rake (“rate of progress; pace, speed”)
Anagrams
• Arik, Irak, Kari, Kira, Rika, ikra, krai, raki, rika
Source: Wiktionary
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