The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
Sheerness
A town on the Isle of Sheppey in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9274).
Synonym: Sheerness-on-Sea
sheerness (countable and uncountable, plural sheernesses)
(uncountable) The property of being sheer.
(countable, rare) The result or product of being sheer.
Source: Wiktionary
2 May 2025
(noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.