In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
YARDBIRD
convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbird
(noun) a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
yardbird (plural yardbirds)
(chiefly, US, slang) A chicken.
(chiefly, US, slang) A person who is imprisoned.
(chiefly, US, slang) A soldier who is required to perform menial work on the grounds of a military base.
Source: Wiktionary
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TRUNCATION
(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
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