The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
SICKNESSES
Noun
sicknesses
plural of sickness
Source: Wiktionary
SICKNESS
Sick"ness, n. Etym: [AS. seĂłcness.]
1. The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; sisease or malady. I do lament the sickness of the king. Shak. Trust not too much your now resistless charms; Those, age or sickness soon or late disarms. Pope.
2. Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach.
Syn.
– Illness; disease; malady. See Illness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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