The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
dewlap
(noun) a hanging fold of loose skin on an elderly person’s neck
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dewlap (plural dewlaps)
The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, or a similar feature on any other animal.
The sagging flesh on the human throat of an old person.
• dewclaw - same first root element, "dew"
• pawled
Source: Wiktionary
Dew"lap`, n. Etym: [Dew + lap to lick.]
1. The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, which laps or licks the dew in grazing.
2. The flesh upon the human throat, especially when with age. [Burlesque] On her withered dewlap pour the ale. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.