The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
WAINING
Verb
waining
present participle of wain
Source: Wiktionary
WAIN
Wain, n. Etym: [OE. wain, AS. wægn; akin to D. & G. wagen, OHG. wagan, Icel. & Sw. vagn, Dan. vogn, and E. way. Way, Weigh, and cf. Wagon.]
1. A four-wheeled vehicle for the transportation of goods, produce, etc.; a wagon. The wardens see nothing but a wain of hay. Jeffrey. Driving in ponderous wains their household goods to the seashore. Longfellow.
2. A chariot. [Obs.] The Wain. (Astron.) See Charles's Wain, in the Vocabulary.
– Wain rope, a cart rope. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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