The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
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navvied
simple past tense and past participle of navvy
Source: Wiktionary
NAVVY
Nav"vy, n.; pl. Navies. Etym: [Abbreviated fr. navigator.]
Definition: Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation; hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads, embankments, etc. [Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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