The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
REFRACTURED
Verb
refractured
simple past tense and past participle of refracture
Source: Wiktionary
REFRACTURE
Re*frac"ture (r*frk"tr;135), n. (Surg.)
Definition: A second breaking (as of a badly set bone) by the surgeon.
Re*frac"ture, v. t. (Surg.)
Definition: To break again, as a bone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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