The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
malkins
plural of malkin
• Lamkins, silkman, slamkin
Malkins
plural of Malkin
• Lamkins, silkman, slamkin
Source: Wiktionary
Mal"kin, n. Etym: [Dim. of Maud, the proper name. Cf. Grimalkin.] [Written also maukin.]
1. Originally, a kitchenmaid; a slattern. Chaucer.
2. A mop made of clouts, used by the kitchen servant.
3. A scarecrow.[Prov. Eng.]
4. (Mil.)
Definition: A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing out a cannon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.