The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
TELERYTHIN
Tel`e*ryth"in, n. Etym: [Gr. erythrin.] (Chem.)
Definition: A red crystalline compound related to, or produced from, erythrin. So called because regarded as the end of the series of erythrin compounds.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BREAK
(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”
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