SLACKENER

Etymology

Noun

slackener (plural slackeners)

One who slackens.

Part of a loom that slackens the threads.

Source: Wiktionary



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5 May 2024

CORRECTIONS

(noun) the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole


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In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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