The expression ācoffee breakā was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
piglet, piggy, shoat, shote
(noun) a young pig
Source: WordNet® 3.1
shote (plural shotes)
Alternative form of shoat
(obsolete, UK, dialect) A fish resembling the trout, the grayling (Thymallus thymallus).
• Theos, ethos, sothe, those
Source: Wiktionary
Shote, n. Etym: [AS. sceĆ³ta a darting fish, a trout, fr. sceĆ³tan. See Shoot, v. t.]
1. (Zoƶl.)
Definition: A fish resembling the trout. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Garew.
2. Etym: [Perh. a different word.]
Definition: A young hog; a shoat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
The expression ācoffee breakā was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.