In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
LAUGHINGSTOCKS
Noun
laughingstocks
plural of laughingstock
Source: Wiktionary
LAUGHINGSTOCK
Laugh"ing*stock`, n.
Definition: An object of ridicule; a butt of sport. Shak. When he talked, he talked nonsense, and made himself the laughingstock of his hearers. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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