The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
SIBILANCY
Noun
sibilancy (usually uncountable, plural sibilancies)
the state or property of being sibilant
Synonyms
• sibilance
Anagrams
• bacilysin
Source: Wiktionary
Sib"i*lance, Sib"i*lan*cy, n.
Definition: The quality or state of being sibilant; sibilation. Milton would not have avoided them for their sibilancy, he who wrote . . . verses that hiss like Medusa's head in wrath. Lowell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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