The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
TILLYVALLY
Til"ly-val`ly, interj., adv., or a.
Definition: A word of unknown origin and signification, formerly used as expressive of contempt, or when anything said was reject as trifling or impertinent. [Written also tille-vally, tilly-fally, tille-fally, and otherwise.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
6 November 2024
SEARCHINGLY
(adverb) in a searching manner; “‘Are you really happy with him,’ asked her mother, gazing at Vera searchingly”
Coffee Trivia
