The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
UPBOW
Etymology
Noun
upbow (plural upbows)
(music) A note performed on a string instrument by drawing the bow upward or to the left across the instrument, moving the point of contact from the bow's tip toward the frog.
Verb
upbow (third-person singular simple present upbows, present participle upbowing, simple past and past participle upbowed)
(geology) To bend or arc upwards.
Source: Wiktionary
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SCHNORR
(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”
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