The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
UPSPEAR
Etymology
Verb
upspear (third-person singular simple present upspears, present participle upspearing, simple past and past participle upspeared)
(archaic, poetic, intransitive) To rise or point upward like spears.
Anagrams
• paupers
Source: Wiktionary
Up*spear", v. i.
Definition: To grow or shoot up like a spear; as, upspearing grass. [R.] Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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