The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
SWOUND
Noun
swound (plural swounds)
Obsolete form of swoon.
Verb
swound (third-person singular simple present swounds, present participle swounding, simple past and past participle swounded)
Obsolete form of swoon.
Anagrams
• wounds
Source: Wiktionary
Swound, v. & n.
Definition: See Swoon, v. & n. [Prov. Eng. or Archaic] Shak. Dryden. The landlord stirred As one awaking from a swound. Longfellow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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