The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
RETCHING
Verb
retching
present participle of retch
Noun
retching (plural retchings)
The act of one who retches.
Anagrams
• cringeth
Source: Wiktionary
RETCH
Retch, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Retched; p. pr. & vb. n. Retching.] Etym: [AS. hr to clear the throat, hawk, fr. hraca throat; akin to G. rachen, and perhaps to E. rack neck.]
Definition: To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting. [Written also reach.] Beloved Julia, hear me still beseeching! (Here he grew inarticulate with retching.) Byron.
Retch, v. t. & i. Etym: [See Reck.]
Definition: To care for; to heed; to reck. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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