The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
CHICHEVACHE
Chiche"vache`, n. Etym: [F. chiche lean + vache cow.]
Definition: A fabulous cow of enormous size, whose food was patient wives, and which was therefore in very lean condition.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SYNCRETISM
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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