The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
REVENUER
revenuer
(noun) a government agent responsible for collecting revenue (especially one responsible for stopping bootlegging)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
revenuer (plural revenuers)
(US, regional, now, historical) A government official who enforces laws prohibiting the illegal distillation of alcohol. [from 19th c.]
Usage notes
• This term is especially associated with the efforts of the IRS to prevent illegal production and distribution of alcohol during the period of Prohibition in the U.S.
Source: Wiktionary
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COMMUNICATIONS
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
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