In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
BIRKIE
Etymology
Noun
Birkie (plural Birkies)
(skiing, informal) The American Birkebeiner, a cross-country ski race.
Source: Wiktionary
Bir"kie, n.
Definition: A lively or mettlesome fellow. [Jocular, Scot.] Burns.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMMOBILIZATION
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
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