The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
UPRAN
Verb
upran
simple past tense of uprun
Anagrams
• Pärnu, pruan, ran up
Source: Wiktionary
UPRUN
Up*run", v. i.
Definition: To run up; to ascend. The young sun That in the Ram is four degrees uprun. Chaucer. [A son] of matchless might, who, like a thriving plant, Upran to manhood. Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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