The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
VERNICLE
Noun
vernicle (plural vernicles)
(obsolete) A veronica (image of Jesus).
Source: Wiktionary
Ver"ni*cle, n.
Definition: A Veronica. See Veronica, 1. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. A vernicle had he sowed upon his cap. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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