The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
VOLOST
Etymology
Noun
volost (plural volosts)
(historical) A traditional administrative subdivision in Eastern Europe.
Source: Wiktionary
Vo"lost, n. [Russ. volost'.]
Definition: In the greater part of Russia, a division for local government consisting of a group of mirs, or village communities; a canton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SENSE
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
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