In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
TOHUBOHU
To"hu*bo"hu (to"hoo-bo"hoo), n. [F. tohu-bohu, fr. Heb. tohu wa bohu without form and void (Gen. i. 2).]
Definition: Chaos; confusion.
Was ever such a tohubohu of people as there assembles Thuckeray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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