In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
BRIGS
Noun
brigs
plural of brig
Source: Wiktionary
BRIG
Brig, n.
Definition: A bridge. [Scot.] Burns.
Brig, n. Etym: [Shortened from Brigantine.] (Naut.)
Definition: A two-masted, square-rigged vessel. Hermaphrodite brig, a two- masted vessel square-rigged forward and schooner-rigged aft. See Illustration in Appendix.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LEFT
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
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