The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
pawky
(adjective) cunning and sly; “the pawky rich old lady who incessantly scores off her parasitical descendants”- Punch
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pawkier
comparative form of pawky
Source: Wiktionary
Paw"ky, a. Etym: [Cf. AS. pæcean to deceive.]
Definition: Arch; cunning; sly. [Scot.] Jamieson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 June 2025
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.