The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
TUSHES
Noun
tushes
plural of tush
Anagrams
• Shutes, shutes, tusseh
Source: Wiktionary
TUSH
Tush, interj.
Definition: An exclamation indicating check, rebuke, or contempt; as, tush, tush! do not speak of it. Tush, say they, how should God perceive it Bk. of Com. Prayer (Ps. lxxiii. 11).
Tush, n. Etym: [OE. tusch, AS. tusc; akin to OFries. tusk, tusch, and probably to AS. toedh tooth. See Tooth, and cf. Tusk.]
Definition: A long, pointed tooth; a tusk; -- applied especially to certain teeth of horses.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
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