The expression ācoffee breakā was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
detective, investigator, tec, police detective
(noun) a police officer who investigates crimes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
TEC (plural TECs)
(electronics) Initialism of thermoelectric cooler: an electrical heat-transferring device which applies the Peltier effect.
• CET, CTE, ECT, ETC, TCE, etc, etc., tce
Source: Wiktionary
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
The expression ācoffee breakā was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.