The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
roquet (plural roquets)
In croquet, the act of hitting another live ball with the striker's ball, from which croquet is then taken.
• croquet
roquet (third-person singular simple present roquets, present participle roqueting, simple past and past participle roqueted)
In croquet, to hit another live ball with the striker's ball, from which croquet is then taken.
• to croquet
• quoter, torque
Source: Wiktionary
Ro*quet", v. t. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain] (Croquet)
Definition: To hit, as another's ball, with one's own ball.
Ro*quet", v. i.
Definition: To hit another's ball with one's own.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 June 2025
(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”
The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.