The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
VAGRANCY
vagrancy
(noun) the state of wandering from place to place; having no permanent home or means of livelihood
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
vagrancy (countable and uncountable, plural vagrancies)
the state of being a vagrant
Source: Wiktionary
Va"gran*cy, n.
Definition: The quality or state of being a vagrant; a wandering without a settled home; an unsettled condition; vagabondism. Threatened away into banishment and vagrancy. Barrow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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