The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
clockworks
plural of clockwork
Source: Wiktionary
Clock"work`, n.
Definition: The machinery of a clock, or machinary resembling that of a clock; machinery which produced regularity of movement.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 March 2025
(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.