In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
TRAPESED
Verb
trapesed
simple past tense and past participle of trapes
Anagrams
• pad-trees, pederast, pre-dates, predates, readepts, repasted
Source: Wiktionary
TRAPES
Trapes, n. Etym: [See Trape.]
Definition: A slattern; an idle, sluttish, or untidy woman. [Obs. or Colloq.]
Trapes, v. i.
Definition: To go about in an idle or slatternly fashion; to trape; to traipse. [Colloq.] Thackeray.
TRAPE
Trape, v. i. Etym: [See Tramp, and cf. Traipse.]
Definition: To walk or run about in an idle or slatternly manner; to traipse. [Obs. or Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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