The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
SLUBBERS
Noun
slubbers
plural of slubber
Verb
slubbers
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of slubber
Source: Wiktionary
SLUBBER
Slub"ber, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slubbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Slubbering.] Etym: [Cf. Dan. slubbreto swallow, to sup up, D. slobberen to lap, to slabber. Cf. Slabber.]
1. To do lazily, imperfectly, or coarsely. Slubber not business for my sake. Shak.
2. To daub; to stain; to cover carelessly. There is no art that hath more . . . slubbered with aphorisming pedantry than the art of policy. Milton.
Slub"ber, n.
Definition: A slubbing machine.
SLUB
Slub, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Definition: A roll of wool slightly twisted; a rove; -- called also slubbing.
Slub, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slubbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Slubbing.]
Definition: To draw out and twist slightly; -- said of slivers of wool.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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