The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
hawkie (plural hawkies)
(Geordie) A cow with a white face and darker body.
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15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.