The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
STURT
Etymology 1
From the name of Alfred Henry Sturtevant.
Noun
sturt (plural sturts)
(biology) In an embryo, an angle equal to two gons. If a mosaic forms in the embryo, the line passes between two organs with a probability, in percent, equal to the number of sturts between them.
Etymology 2
Noun
sturt (plural sturts)
(obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) disturbance; annoyance; care
(mining) A bargain in tribute mining by which the tributor profits.
Verb
sturt (third-person singular simple present sturts, present participle sturting, simple past and past participle sturted)
(obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect, transitive) To vex; to annoy; to startle.
(obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect, intransitive) To start with fear.
Anagrams
• strut, trust
Source: Wiktionary
Sturt, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Start, v. i.]
Definition: To vex; to annoy; to startle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Sturt, n.
1. Disturbance; annoyance; care. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] "Sturt and care." J. Rolland.
2. (Mining)
Definition: A bargain in tribute mining by which the tributor profits. Raymond.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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