The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
alewife, Alosa pseudoharengus, Pomolobus pseudoharengus
(noun) shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus
alewife
(noun) flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams
Source: WordNet® 3.1
alewives
plural of alewife
Source: Wiktionary
Ale"wife`, n.; pl. Alewives.
Definition: A woman who keeps an alehouse. Gay.
Ale"wife`, n.; pl. Alewives. Etym: [This word is properly aloof, the Indian name of a fish. See Winthrop on the culture of maize in America, "Phil Trans." No. 142, p. 1065, and Baddam's "Memoirs," vol. ii. p. 131.]Etym: (Zoöl.)
Definition: A North American fish (Clupea vernalis) of the Herring family. It is called also ellwife, ellwhop, branch herring. The name is locally applied to other related species.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 May 2025
(noun) (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.