The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
Slide"groat, n.
Definition: The game of shovelboard. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 June 2025
(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.