The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
purlicue (plural purlicues)
The space between one's forefinger and thumb.
Evangelo's. I slid my tongue
along the ridge of flesh that forms the purlicue,
that bridge that connects thumb to forefinger,
to make it receptive for salt.
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4 November 2024
(noun) a state of inactivity (in business or art etc); “economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.