The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
TENDERISE
tender, tenderize, tenderise
(verb) make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer; “tenderize meat”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
tenderise (third-person singular simple present tenderises, present participle tenderising, simple past and past participle tenderised)
Alternative spelling of tenderize
Anagrams
• eternised, teredines
Source: Wiktionary
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SENSE
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
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