The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
singlet, vest, undershirt
(noun) a collarless men’s undergarment for the upper part of the body
Source: WordNet® 3.1
singlet (plural singlets)
(UK, Australian, Irish, Nigeria, New Zealand) A vest; a sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt.
(physics) A multiplet having a single member, especially a single spectroscopic peak.
(physics, quantum mechanics) A quantum state having zero spin.
(plurality, otherkinship) A single person occupying one human body.
• (garment worn underneath a shirt): undershirt, vest, wifebeater
• Etlings, Tingles, glisten, lingets, niglets, sniglet, tingles
Source: Wiktionary
Sin"glet, n.
Definition: An unlined or undyed waistcoat; a single garment; -- opposed to doublet. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 June 2025
(noun) a member of a learned society; “he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association”
The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.