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Definition of Expresso
1. espresso [n -SOS] - See also: espresso
Lexicographical Neighbors of Expresso
Literary usage of Expresso
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"This morning the admiralty had an expresso from Deal, that the Dutch squadron of
70 men of war, transports, and merchant ships, were past through the Downs ..."
2. The Register of Adam de Orleton, Bishop of Hereford (A.D. 1317- 1327) by Arthur Thomas Bannister (1907)
"Premissa autem omina et singula de expresso consensu nostri Capituli, ...
immediate "de consensu expresso," etc. usque in finem, mutato nomine ecclesie, ..."
3. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"In any case, expresso is in widespread use, both on menus and in edited prose:
Jerome sidled to the expresso bar —Jerome Charyn, Antaeus, Winter 1976 thick ..."
4. A Search Made Into Matters of Religion by Francis Walsingham (1843)
"And then followeth the rest, rehearsed by Mr. Jewell, which is not to be found
at all in that other book, de Expresso Verbo Dei, ..."
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