The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
SHAMMES
Etymology
Noun
shammes (plural shammosim or shammeses)
A sexton in a synagogue.
The candle used to light the other eight candles of a Hanukkah menorah.
Source: Wiktionary
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PARSEC
(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years
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