The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
RETROCHOIRS
Noun
retrochoirs
plural of retrochoir
Source: Wiktionary
RETROCHOIR
Re"tro*choir, n. Etym: [Pref. retro- + choir.] (Eccl. Arch.)
Definition: Any extension of a church behind the higggggggh altar, as a chapel; also, in an apsidal church, all the space beyond the line of the back or eastern face of the altar.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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