The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
WILDCATTED
WILDCAT
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
wildcatted
simple past tense and past participle of wildcat
Source: Wiktionary
WILDCAT
Wild"-cat`, a.
1. Unsound; worthless; irresponsible; unsafe; -- said to have been originally applied to the notes of an insolvent bank in Michigan upon which there was the figure of a panther.
2. (Railroad)
Definition: Running without control; running along the line without a train; as, a wild-cat locomotive.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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