According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
RUBATO
rubato
(noun) a flexible tempo; not strictly on the beat
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
rubato (plural rubatos)
(music) A tempo in which strict timing is relaxed, the music being played near, but not on, the beat
Anagrams
• Aburto, bar out, outbar, tabour
Source: Wiktionary
Ru*ba"to, a. Etym: [It.]
Definition: Robbed; borrowed. Temple rubato. Etym: [It.] (Mus.) Borrowed time; -- a term applied to a style of performance in which some tones are held longer than their legitimate time, while others are proportionally curtailed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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