The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
VESPIARY
Etymology
Noun
vespiary (plural vespiaries)
A nest built by a social wasp species.
A colony of wasps living in such a nest.
Source: Wiktionary
Ves"pi*a*ry, n. Etym: [L. vespa a wasp.]
Definition: A nest, or habitation, of insects of the wasp kind.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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