In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
PUTTERING
Verb
puttering
present participle of putter
Noun
puttering (plural putterings)
The act of one who putters.
Source: Wiktionary
PUTTER
Put"ter, n.
1. One who puts or plates.
2. Specifically, one who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine, and the like. [Prov. Eng.]
Put"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puttered; p. pr. & vb. n. Puttering.] Etym: [See Potter.]
Definition: To act inefficiently or idly; to trifle; to potter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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