The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
TROUVEUR
Etymology
Noun
trouveur (plural trouveurs)
(dated) A minstrel, a troubadour.
Source: Wiktionary
Trou`vère", Trou`veur", n. Etym: [F. trouveur, trouvère. See Troubadour.]
Definition: One of a school of poets who flourished in Northern France from the eleventh to the fourteenth century.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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