In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
CRACKLOO
Crack"-loo`, n. Also Crack"a*loo` .
Definition: A kind of gambling game consisting in pitching coins to or towards the ceiling of a room so that they shall fall as near as possible to a certain crack in the floor. [Gamblers' Cant, U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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