In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
SEAGULL
gull, seagull, sea gull
(noun) mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
Seagull (plural Seagulls)
(soccer) someone connected with Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
Anagrams
• sullage, ullages
Etymology
Noun
seagull (plural seagulls)
Any of several white, often dark backed birds of the family Laridae having long pointed wings and short legs.
(orthography) The symbol ̼ , which combines under a letter as a sort of accent.
(UK, slang) A fan or member of Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club.
Synonyms
• (bird): mew, gull
Verb
seagull (third-person singular simple present seagulls, present participle seagulling, simple past and past participle seagulled)
(British, Australia, New Zealand, rugby slang, of a forward) To run in the back line rather than concentrate on primary positional duties in open play.
(boating slang) To use a British Seagull outboard.
(New Zealand) To work as a non-union casual stevedore.
Anagrams
• sullage, ullages
Source: Wiktionary
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22 September 2024
SPRINGBOARD
(noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; “he uses other people’s ideas as a springboard for his own”; “reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions”; “the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out”
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