coffee break
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of coffee break
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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After a quick midmorning coffee break, Lira launches into his prep work shift, crafting goat cheese and red pepper empanadas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 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
“Here you have five African American men who know the plight of African American men,” Jopie Merriweather, 57, said during a midafternoon coffee break.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2023
But Isabel and Nate were all the way on the other side of the apartment with my parents, taking a coffee break in the kitchen.
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
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