In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
FEMES
Noun
femes
plural of feme
Source: Wiktionary
FEME
Feme ( or ), n. Etym: [OF. feme, F. femme.] (Old Law)
Definition: A woman. Burrill. Feme covert (Law), a married woman. See Covert, a., 3.
– Feme sole (Law), a single or unmarried woman; a woman who has never been married, or who has been divorced, or whose husband is dead.
– Feme sole trader or merchant (Eng. Law), a married woman, by the custom of London, engages in business on her own account, inpendently of her husband.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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