The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
WANHOPES
Noun
wanhopes
plural of wanhope
Anagrams
• open wash, open-wash, openwash
Source: Wiktionary
WANHOPE
Wan"hope`, n. Etym: [AS. wan, won, deficient, wanting + hopa hope: cf. D. wanhoop. . See Wane, and Hope.]
Definition: Want of hope; despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. "Wanhope and distress." Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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