The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
SPURGALLED
Verb
spurgalled
simple past tense and past participle of spurgall
Source: Wiktionary
SPURGALL
Spur"gall`, n.
Definition: A place galled or excoriated by much using of the spur.
Spur"gall`, v. t.
Definition: To gall or wound with a spur.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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