The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
SCREEVER
Etymology
Noun
screever (plural screevers)
One who screeves, or draws with chalks on a pavement or sidewalk.
(dated) A writer of begging letters.
Source: Wiktionary
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17 June 2025
RECREANT
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
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