In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
KNOTHOLE
knothole
(noun) a hole in a board where a knot came out
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
knothole (plural knotholes)
In a piece of lumber, a void left by a knot in the wood; such holes are often convenient for peering through when they occur in fences.
(Cincinnati, sports, attributive) Youth league baseball.
Hypernyms
• (youth league baseball): peewee
Source: Wiktionary
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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