The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
FIPPLES
Noun
fipples
plural of fipple
Source: Wiktionary
FIPPLE
Fip"ple (fer), n. Etym: [perh. fr. L. fibula a clasp, a pin; cf. Prov. E. fible a stick used to stir pottage.]
Definition: A stopper, as in a wind instrument of music. [Obs.] Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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