In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
SHOETREE
shoetree
(noun) a wooden or metal device that is inserted into a shoe to preserve its shape when it is not being worn
tree, shoetree
(verb) stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
shoetree (plural shoetrees)
A foot-shaped device placed in a shoe to maintain its shape when not being worn.
Source: Wiktionary
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PARSEC
(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years
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