In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
CROFTER
crofter
(noun) an owner or tenant of a small farm in Great Britain
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
crofter (plural crofters)
One who has the tenure of a croft, usually also the occupant and user.
Source: Wiktionary
Croft"er (-r), n.
Definition: One who rents and tills a small farm or helding; as, the crofters of Scotland.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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