The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
SMUDGED
Adjective
smudged
Blurred as by being rubbed.
Verb
smudged
simple past tense and past participle of smudge
Source: Wiktionary
SMUDGE
Smudge, n. Etym: [Cf. Dan. smuds smut, E. smutch, or smoke.]
1. A suffocating smoke. Grose.
2. A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, or the like, in order, by the thick smoke, to keep off mosquitoes or other insects. [U. S.] Bartlett.
3. That which is smeared upon anything; a stain; a blot; a smutch; a smear.
Smudge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smudged; p. pr. & vb. n. Smudging.]
1. To stifle or smother with smoke; to smoke by means of a smudge.
2. To smear; to smutch; to soil; to blacken with smoke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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