In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky
(adjective) small and remote and insignificant; “a jerkwater college”; “passed a series of poky little one-horse towns”
dilatory, laggard, poky, pokey
(adjective) wasting time
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pokier
comparative form of poky
Source: Wiktionary
Pok"ey, a.
Definition: See Poky.
Pok"y, a. Etym: [Written also pokey.]
1. Confined; cramped. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Dull; tedious; uninteresting. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.