The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
ROTURE
Ro`ture, n. [F.]
1. The condition of being a roturier.
2. (Fr. & Canadian Law) A feudal tenure of lands by one who has no privileges of nobility, but is permitted to discharge all his obligations to his feudal lord or superior by a payment of rent in money or kind and without rendering any personal services.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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