In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
PUSSYFOOT
sneak, mouse, creep, pussyfoot
(verb) to go stealthily or furtively; “..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor’s house”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
pussyfoot (third-person singular simple present pussyfoots, present participle pussyfooting, simple past and past participle pussyfooted)
(intransitive) To move silently, stealthily, or furtively.
(intransitive) To act timidly or cautiously.
(intransitive) To use euphemistic language or circumlocution.
Source: Wiktionary
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REPLACEMENT
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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