The expression ācoffee breakā was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
TRUELOVES
Noun
trueloves
plural of truelove
Anagrams
• revolutes
Proper noun
Trueloves
plural of Truelove
Anagrams
• revolutes
Source: Wiktionary
TRUELOVE
True"love`, n.
1. One really beloved.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: A plant. See Paris.
3. An unexplained word occurring in Chaucer, meaning, perhaps, an aromatic sweetmeat for sweetening the breath. T. R. Lounsbury. Under his tongue a truelove he bore. Chaucer. Truelove knot, a complicated, involved knot that does not readily untie; the emblem of interwoven affection or engagement; -- called also true-lover's knot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
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