In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
RUFFLER
Etymology
Noun
ruffler (plural rufflers)
(historical) ruffian, bully, villain; especially a 16th-17th century vagabond operating under the guise of a maimed soldier or sailor
swaggerer
a sewing machine attachment for making ruffles
Source: Wiktionary
Ruf"fler, n.
1. One who ruffles; a swaggerer; a bully; a ruffian. Assaults, if not murders, done at his own doors by that crew of rufflers. Milton.
2. That which ruffles; specifically, a sewing machine attachment for making ruffles.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ONCHOCERCIASIS
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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