The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
RAVINS
RAVIN
Rav"in, n.
Definition: Ravenous. [Obs.] Shak.
Rav"in, Ravine, n. Etym: [See 2d Raven.]
Definition: Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven. "Fowls of ravyne." Chaucer. Though Nature, red in tooth and claw With ravine, shrieked against his creed. Tennyson.
Rav"in, Rav"ine, v. t. & i.
Definition: See Raven, v. t. & i.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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