In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
WASSAILER
toaster, wassailer
(noun) someone who proposes a toast; someone who drinks to the health of success of someone or some venture
wassailer, carouser
(noun) someone who enjoys riotous drinking
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
wassailer (plural wassailers)
One who wassails.
Source: Wiktionary
Was"sail*er, n.
Definition: One who drinks wassail; one who engages in festivity, especially in drinking; a reveler. The rudeness and swilled insolence Of such late wassailers. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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