The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
UNLAID
Etymology
Adjective
unlaid (not comparable)
not laid, not placed
not laid by exorcism
(of a person, slang) not having had sexual intercourse
Not laid out, as a corpse.
(of paper) Not laid; not marked with parallel lines.
Verb
unlaid
simple past tense and past participle of unlay
Anagrams
• Lindau, dualin
Source: Wiktionary
Un*laid", a.
1. Not laid or placed; not fixed. Hooker.
2. Not allayed; not pacified; not laid finally to rest. [R.] "Stubborn, unlaid ghost." Milton.
3. Not laid out, as a corpse. [R.] B. Jonson. Unlaid paper. See Laid paper, under Laid.
UNLAY
Un*lay", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + lay.] (Naut.)
Definition: To untwist; as, to unlay a rope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LEFT
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
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