In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
HURRIER
Etymology
Noun
hurrier (plural hurriers)
A person who hurries.
(British, obsolete) A young boy or girl employed in a coal mine to drag baskets or small wagons full of coal from the coal face where it was mined, up to the surface.
Source: Wiktionary
Hur"ri*er, n.
Definition: One who hurries or urges.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FELLOW
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