In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
FINNOCK
Etymology
Noun
finnock (plural finnocks)
(Scotland) A young sea trout, in the year after they return to fresh water after their smolt migration stage. Other regional names include herling, school peal (or sometimes peel) and harvester.
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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