The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
HIGHBOYS
Noun
highboys
plural of highboy
Source: Wiktionary
HIGHBOY
High"boy`, n.
1. One who lives high; also, in politics, a highflyer.
2. A kind of set of drawers. [U. S.] "Mahogany highboys glittering with brass handles." K. L. Bates.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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