In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
TARDITATION
Tar`di*ta"tion, n.
Definition: Tardiness. [Obs.] To instruct them to avoid all snares of tarditation, in the Lord's affairs. Herrick.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SHTIK
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
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