The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
MEATOSCOPE
Me*at"o*scope, n. Etym: [Meatus + -scope.] (Med.)
Definition: A speculum for examining a natural passage, as the urethra.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MECHANISM
(noun) the technical aspects of doing something; “a mechanism of social control”; “mechanisms of communication”; “the mechanics of prose style”
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