The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
SCRANCH
crunch, scranch, scraunch, crackle
(verb) make a crushing noise; “his shoes were crunching on the gravel”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
scranch (third-person singular simple present scranches, present participle scranching, simple past and past participle scranched)
(transitive) To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to craunch.
Source: Wiktionary
Scranch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scranched; p. pr. & vb. n. Scranching.] Etym: [Cf. D. schransen to eat greedily, G. schranzen. Cf. Crunch, Scrunch.]
Definition: To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to craunch. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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