The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
STAYSHIP
Stay"ship`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A remora, -- fabled to stop ships by attaching itself to them.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MID
(adjective) used in combination to denote the middle; “midmorning”; “midsummer”; “in mid-1958”; “a mid-June wedding”
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