In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum
(noun) informal terms for money
Source: WordNet® 3.1
lucre (uncountable)
Money, riches, or wealth, especially when seen as having a corrupting effect or causing greed, or obtained in an underhanded manner.
• mammon
• cruel, ulcer
Source: Wiktionary
Lu"cre, n. Etym: [F. lucre, L. lucrum.]
Definition: Gain in money or goods; profit; riches; -- often in an ill sense. The lust of lucre and the dread of death. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.