In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
BANDSMAN
bandsman
(noun) a player in a band (especially a military band)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
bandsman (plural bandsmen)
A player in a musical band, especially a military or brass band.
(mining, historical) A labourer (loader) working with a band of men.
Source: Wiktionary
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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