coffee break
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of coffee break
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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The retired California Highway Patrol officer said he and his partner were just coming off a coffee break in Paso Robles when they got the call.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025
The designer brand boasts a strawberry milk printed crossbody, a coffee break tote, a silk tomato ketchup bandana, a snack pendant and gold-toned ketchup packet, fries and hot dog drop earrings.
From Salon • Jul. 20, 2024
Outside the university, in an area popular with tourists, Faig Jafarli, 27, was out on his coffee break from work when he noticed that a road near the university was shut.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2023
And what followed the salvo fired on Wednesday morning in eastern Ukraine was also indicative of the rhythm of this war: a coffee break.
From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2022
With their hoods up and their purposeless milling, Lazlo thought they looked like a pack of ghosts on coffee break.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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