The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
skidpad (plural skidpads)
A large, circular area of flat pavement used for various tests of a car's handling.
• skidpan
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29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.