In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
GAINGIVING
Etymology
Noun
gaingiving (countable and uncountable, plural gaingivings)
(now rare) A misgiving; an internal feeling or prognostication of evil.
A giving against or away.
Source: Wiktionary
Gain"giv`ing, n. Etym: [See Again, and Give.]
Definition: A misgiving. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNSEASONED
(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
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