The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
STOKERS
Proper noun
Stokers
plural of Stoker
Anagrams
• Kosters, strokes
Noun
stokers
plural of stoker
Anagrams
• Kosters, strokes
Source: Wiktionary
STOKER
Stok"er, n. Etym: [D. See Stoke, v. t.]
1. One who is employed to tend a furnace and supply it with fuel, especially the furnace of a locomotive or of a marine steam boiler; also, a machine for feeding fuel to a fire.
2. A fire poker. [R.] C. Richardson (Dict.).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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