The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
From the name of the Baron Karl Drais, who invented a predecessor to the bicycle.
draisine (plural draisines)
A light auxiliary rail vehicle (train) or tram.
• handcar
• pump trolley
• Siderian, diarsine, nidaries, raisined, rinse aid
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24 January 2025
(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.