The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
TINFOIL
tinfoil, tin foil
(noun) foil made of tin or an alloy of tin and lead
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tinfoil (countable and uncountable, plural tinfoils)
A thin, pliable sheet of tin or an alloy of tin and lead, used as a protective wrapping.
(proscribed) aluminium foil
Verb
tinfoil (third-person singular simple present tinfoils, present participle tinfoiling, simple past and past participle tinfoiled)
(transitive) To cover in tinfoil.
Source: Wiktionary
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