The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
welched
simple past tense and past participle of welch
Source: Wiktionary
Welch, a.
Definition: See Welsh. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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.