In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
DRIBLETS
Noun
driblets
plural of driblet
Anagrams
• birdlets, bridlest, bristled, streblid
Source: Wiktionary
DRIBLET
Drib"blet, Drib"let, n. Etym: [From Dribble.]
Definition: A small piece or part; a small sum; a small quantity of money in making up a sum; as, the money was paid in dribblets. When made up in dribblets, as they could, their best securities were at an interest of twelve per cent. Burke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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