The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
peekaboo, bopeep
(noun) a game played with young children; you hide your face and suddenly reveal it as you say boo!
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Bo*peep", n. Etym: [Bo + peep.]
Definition: The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so as to startle some one (as by children in play), or of looking out and drawing suddenly back, as if frightened. I for sorrow sung, That such a king should play bopeep, And go the fools among. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.