The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
REVERTER
Etymology
Noun
reverter (plural reverters)
One who, or that which, reverts.
(legal) The reversion of ownership of an estate in land to the original grantor pursuant to the occurrence of a condition set forth in the original grant.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*vert"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, reverts.
2. (Law) Reversion. Burrill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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