The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
ULIGINOSE
Etymology
Noun
uliginose (plural uliginoses)
Marshy or muddy.
Source: Wiktionary
U*lig"i*nose`, U*lig"i*nous, a. Etym: [L. uliginosus, fr. uligo, - inis, moisture, fr. uvere to be moist.]
Definition: Muddy; oozy; slimy; also, growing in muddy places. [R.] Woodward.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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