In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
THROPPLE
Etymology
Noun
thropple (plural thropples)
(dialectal or obsolete) larynx, windpipe
Verb
thropple (third-person singular simple present thropples, present participle throppling, simple past and past participle throppled)
(obsolete) to throttle
Source: Wiktionary
Throp"ple, n. Etym: [Cf. Thrapple, and see Throttle.]
Definition: The windpipe. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Throp"ple, v. t.
Definition: To throttle. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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