The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
WHISKER
whisker, vibrissa, sensory hair
(noun) a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat
bewhisker, whisker
(verb) furnish with whiskers; “a whiskered jersey”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
whisker (plural whiskers)
That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, usually of the male, or upon the chin, or upon both.
A hair of the beard.
One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal.
(colloquial) The (very small) distance between two things.
(nautical) Spreaders from the bows to spread the bowsprit shrouds.
(statistics) A graphic element that shows the maxima and minima in a box plot.
One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion.
(metallurgy) A small tendril that forms on metal.
Source: Wiktionary
Whisk"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion.
2. Formerly, the hair of the upper lip; a mustache; -- usually in the plural. Hoary whiskers and a forky beard. Pope.
3. pl.
Definition: That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, or upon the chin, or upon both; as, side whiskers; chin whiskers.
4. A hair of the beard.
5. One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal.
6. pl. (Naut.)
Definition: Iron rods extending on either side of the bowsprit, to spread, or guy out, the stays, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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