In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
CAPTAINRY
Etymology
Noun
captainry (plural captainries)
(obsolete) Power or command over a district; chieftainship.
Source: Wiktionary
Cap"tain*ry, n. Etym: [Cf. F. capitainerie.]
Definition: Power, or command, over a certain district; chieftainship. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HABIT
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
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