In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
coupee (plural coupees)
A motion in dancing, when one leg is a little bent and raised from the floor, and with the other a forward motion is made.
Source: Wiktionary
Cou*pee" (k-p"; F. k`p), n. Etym: [F. coupé, n., properly p. p. of couper to cut. Cf. Coupé, Coopee.]
Definition: A motion in dancing, when one leg is a little bent, and raised from the floor, and with the other a forward motion is made. Chambers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.