The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
waxworks
plural of waxwork
waxworks (plural waxworks)
An exhibition of waxwork figures; a wax museum.
Source: Wiktionary
Wax"works`, n. pl.
Definition: An exhibition of wax figures, or the place of exhibition.
Wax"work`, n.
1. Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: An American climbing shrub (Celastrus scandens). It bears a profusion of yellow berrylike pods, which open in the autumn, and display the scarlet coverings of the seeds.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 May 2024
(noun) acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable); “incurring debts is easier than paying them”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.