In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
RUSES
Noun
ruses
plural of ruse
Anagrams
• EUSSR, resus, suers, users
Source: Wiktionary
RUSE
Ruse, n. Etym: [F., fr. OF. reüser, rehuser, to turn aside, to shuffle, retreat, fr. L. recusare to refuse; pref. re- again + causa cause. See Cause, and cf. Recusant.]
Definition: An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraund; deceit. Ruse de guerre ( Etym: [F.], a stratagem of war.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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