The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
tenterhook
(noun) one of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tenterhook (plural tenterhooks)
One of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter.
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Source: Wiktionary
10 June 2025
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.