The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
SQUAILS
Verb
squails
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of squail
Noun
squails
plural of squail
squails (uncountable)
An old parlour game in which small discs (called squails) are snapped from the edge of the table to a centre mark called the process.
The game of ninepins.
Source: Wiktionary
SQUAIL
Squail, v. i.
Definition: To throw sticls at cocks; to throw anything about awkwardly or irregularly. [Prov. Eng.] Southey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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