In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
SPORTULA
Spor"tu*la, n.; pl. Sportulæ (. Etym: [L.]
Definition: A gift; a present; a prize; hence, an alms; a largess. To feed luxuriously, to frequent sports and theaters, to run for the sportula. South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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