The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
WOODBINES
Noun
woodbines
plural of woodbine
Noun
Woodbines
plural of Woodbine
Source: Wiktionary
WOODBINE
Wood"bine`, n. Etym: [AS. wudubind black ivy; -- so named as binding about trees. See Wood, and Bind, v. t.] (Bot.) (a) A climbing plant having flowers of great fragrance (Lonicera Periclymenum); the honeysuckle. (b) The Virginia creeper. See Virginia creeper, under Virginia. [Local, U. S.] Beatrice, who even now Is couched in the woodbine coverture. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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