The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
LAPSTONE
Etymology
Noun
lapstone (plural lapstones)
A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers used to beat leather.
Anagrams
• Planetos, pleonast, polentas
Source: Wiktionary
Lap"stone`, n.
Definition: A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers beat leather.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
24 June 2025
CLINGFISH
(noun) very small (to 3 inches) flattened marine fish with a sucking disc on the abdomen for clinging to rocks etc.
Coffee Trivia
