The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
SANDALING
SANDAL
San"dal, n.
Definition: Same as Sendal. Sails of silk and ropes of sandal. Longfellow.
San"dal, n.
Definition: Sandalwood. "Fans of sandal." Tennyson.
San"dal, n. Etym: [F. sandale, L. sandalium, Gr. sandal.] (a) A kind of shoe consisting of a sole strapped to the foot; a protection for the foot, covering its lower surface, but not its upper. (b) A kind of slipper. (c) An overshoe with parallel openings across the instep.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
10 January 2025
INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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