The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
TELEPHOTOGRAPH
telephotograph, telephoto
(noun) a photograph made with a telephoto lens
telephotograph
(noun) a photograph transmitted and reproduced over a distance
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
telephotograph (plural telephotographs)
A photograph taken with a telephoto lens.
(dated) A photograph transmitted by wire.
Verb
telephotograph (third-person singular simple present telephotographs, present participle telephotographing, simple past and past participle telephotographed)
(transitive) To photograph with a telephoto lens.
Anagrams
• phototelegraph
Source: Wiktionary
Tel`e*pho"to*graph, n. [Gr. th e far + photograph.]
Definition: A photograph, image, or impression, reproduced by or taken with a telephotographic apparatus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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