In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
JERQUE
Verb
jerque (third-person singular simple present jerques, present participle jerquing, simple past and past participle jerqued)
(UK, historical, transitive) To search (a ship) for unentered goods.
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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