coffee break
Americannoun
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coffee breaks
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of coffee break
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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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
It later turned out that the coffee break that saved Ukraine's EU accession bid had been planned all along.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2023
Poehler: We did have to build in a coffee break.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 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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