The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
FUMIFUGIST
Fu*mif"u*gist, n. Etym: [L. fumus smoke + fugare to put to flight, fugere to flee.]
Definition: One who, or that which, drives away smoke or fumes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RESTORATION
(noun) some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed; “the restoration looked exactly like the original”
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