The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
SCARPER
scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away
(verb) flee; take to one’s heels; cut and run; “If you see this man, run!”; “The burglars escaped before the police showed up”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
scarper (third-person singular simple present scarpers, present participle scarpering, simple past and past participle scarpered)
(British, slang) To run away; to flee; to escape.
Anagrams
• Carpers, carpers, scraper
Source: Wiktionary
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