In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
loppers pl (plural only)
(plurale tantum) Pruning shears with long handles, used for lopping
Analogous to scissors, often used in plural to mean a single object, particularly with a counter word, as “a pair of loppers”.
• lopper
loppers
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lopper
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Source: Wiktionary
Lop"per, n.
Definition: One who lops or cuts off.
Lop"per, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loppered; p. pr. & vb. n. Loppering.] Etym: [Cf. Prov. G. lĂĽbbern, levern, OHG. giliber, G. luppe, lab, rennet.]
Definition: To turn sour and coagulate from too long standing, as milk.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 June 2025
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.