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
During the coffee break, he joined a small group discussing Pes’s presentation.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 20, 2024
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
Those of you who are fellow office workers and find yourselves reading this incisive journal during a coffee break or such might take note of one or two of my innovations.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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