The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
VANASPATI
Etymology
Proper noun
Vanaspati
(music) Name of a rāgam in Carnatic music. It is the fourth melakarta rāgam of the 72 melakarta rāgams of Carnatic music.
Etymology
Noun
vanaspati (plural vanaspatis)
(botany) the entire plant kingdom or trees that bear fruits but no evident flowers.
Source: Wiktionary
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FABLED
(adjective) celebrated in fable or legend; “the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox”; “legendary exploits of Jesse James”
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