The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
bloomers, pants, drawers, knickers
(noun) (used in the plural) underpants worn by women; “she was afraid that her bloomers might have been showing”
breeches, knee breeches, knee pants, knickerbockers, knickers
(noun) (used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee
Source: WordNet® 3.1
knickers pl (plural only)
(colloquial, now US, rare) Knickerbockers.
(UK, NZ) Women's underpants.
knickers
A mild exclamation of annoyance.
Source: Wiktionary
Knick"er, n. Etym: [D. knikker.]
Definition: A small ball of clay, baked hard and oiled, used as a marble by boys in playing. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.] Halliwell. Bartlett.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.