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  • noun Plural form of expresso.

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Examples

  • It dates back from a time when expressos were called expressos because they were quick, in the UK anyway, before everyone worked out that they were actually called espressos because they were made with high pressures.

    The One With The Difference Between Expresso And Espresso kisobel 2007

  • "Americano" is also the name the coffee machine at work gives to it's expressos.

    No Money Mo Problems: Involuntary Collabos BikeSnobNYC 2008

  • Instead if there was free WiFI, I could sit in the coffee hourse for say two hours and sip three expressos at $2 a pop instead. i am spending $6 there instead of $2 – i think free wifi makes sense in that situation

    Fixed Price, then No Price WiFi 2004

  • What already was a terrific event the past two years looks as though it could emerge as college basketball's unofficial opening day in the future thanks to a slate of games featuring numerous matchups worthy of your expressos and energy drinks.

    Yahoo! Sports - Top News 2010

  • "To serve the masses frothy lattes, double expressos and Ice cold Frappachinos on the scared ground of the World Trade center is an insult."

    Unconfirmed Sources 2010

  • Then watching all the rich kids with the new macbooks and their expressos waltz in 30 min late into the lecture and wonder how they’re going to survive the 2 hour lecture without a powerppoint due to them not have charged their laptops beforehand.

    Be Ruthless But Share When It Comes To Airport Power | Lifehacker Australia 2008

  • I guess it isn’t good literature unless a bunch of stuffed shirts smoking pipes and sipping expressos in some Eye-talian or French cafe say it is.

    Did He Really Just Say That? « Write Anything 2008

  • So let us summarize the “heights” of the logic being presented here: Because the legislation could change in conference or, better yet, by other legislation that hasn’t been proposed yet, it is ok to ignore what actually is in the legislation and to lie about it because in some possible future, cows really could fly over the moon while sipping expressos.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Bogus Claims About Health Care Proposals Persist: 2009

  • So let us summarize the “heights” of the logic being presented here: Because the legislation could change in conference or, better yet, by other legislation that hasn’t been proposed yet, it is ok to ignore what actually is in the legislation and to lie about it because in some possible future, cows really could fly over the moon while sipping expressos.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Bogus Claims About Health Care Proposals Persist: 2009

  • Then watching all the rich kids with the new macbooks and their expressos waltz in 30 min late into the lecture and wonder how they’re going to survive the 2 hour lecture without a powerppoint due to them not have charged their laptops beforehand.

    Be Ruthless But Share When It Comes To Airport Power | Lifehacker Australia 2008

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