In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
DONGOLAS
Noun
Dongolas
plural of Dongola
Anagrams
• gondolas
Source: Wiktionary
DONGOLA
Don"go*la, n.
1. A government of Upper Egypt.
2. Dongola kid.
Dongola kid, D. leather, leather made by the Dongola process. -- D. process, a process of tanning goatskin, and now also calfskin and sheepskin, with a combination of vegetable and mineral agents, so that it resembles kid. -- D. race, a boat race in which the crews are composed of a number of pairs, usually of men and women.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
22 February 2025
ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
Coffee Trivia
