In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
SLEAZE
cheapness, tackiness, tat, sleaze
(noun) tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sleaze (countable and uncountable, plural sleazes)
(uncountable) Low moral standards.
(informal, countable) A person of low moral standards.
(informal, countable) A man who is sexually aggressive or forward with women to the point of causing disgust.
(informal, uncountable) sleazy material
Verb
sleaze (third-person singular simple present sleazes, present participle sleazing, simple past and past participle sleazed)
To act or progress in a sleazy manner.
To slander.
Anagrams
• leazes
Source: Wiktionary
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