In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
OVERCROP
overcrop, overcultivate
(verb) to exhaust by excessive cultivation; “the farmers overcropped the land”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
overcrop (third-person singular simple present overcrops, present participle overcropping, simple past and past participle overcropped)
To cultivate land excessively and thus exhaust its fertility
Anagrams
• Crop Over
Source: Wiktionary
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