The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
UPGAZE
Etymology
Noun
upgaze (plural upgazes)
(medical) The act of looking upward.
Verb
upgaze (third-person singular simple present upgazes, present participle upgazing, simple past and past participle upgazed)
(obsolete, intransitive) To gaze upward.
Source: Wiktionary
Up*gaze", v. i.
Definition: To gaze upward. Byron.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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