In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
PARTLETS
Noun
partlets
plural of partlet
Anagrams
• Platters, platters, prattles, splatter, sprattle
Source: Wiktionary
PARTLET
Part"let, n. Etym: [Dim. of part.]
1. A covering for the neck, and sometimes for the shoulders and breast; originally worn by both sexes, but laterby women alone; a ruff. [Obs.] Fuller.
2. A hen; -- so called from the ruffing of her neck feathers. "Dame Partlett, the hen." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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