The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
bagnios
plural of bagnio
• ASBOing, gabions, saboing
Source: Wiktionary
Bagn"io, n. Etym: [It. bagno, fr. L. balneum. Cf. Bain.]
1. A house for bathing, sweating, etc.; -- also, in Turkey, a prison for slaves. [Obs.]
2. A brothel; a stew; a house of prostitution.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.