In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
QUIXOTRY
Etymology
Noun
quixotry (countable and uncountable, plural quixotries)
A wild, visionary idea, an eccentric notion or act; a quixotism.
Source: Wiktionary
Quix"ot*ry, n.
Definition: Quixotism; visionary schemes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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31 March 2025
IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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