The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
MARQUETRIES
Noun
marquetries
plural of marquetry
Source: Wiktionary
MARQUETRY
Mar"quet*ry, n. Etym: [F. marqueterie, from marqueter to checker, inlay, fr. marque mark, sign; of German origin. See Mark a sign.]
Definition: Inlaid work; work inlaid with pieces of wood, shells, ivory, and the like, of several colors.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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