corn exchange
Britishnoun
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The building is said to have been a corn exchange in Moorish days.
From Southern Spain by Calvert, A. F. (Albert Frederick)
The town, until recently an old “Bailiwick,” is on a hill, with central market place, town hall and corn exchange.
From Hertfordshire by New, E. H. (Edmund Hort)
NW. of Southampton; has a remarkably fine old Norman church and a corn exchange; birthplace of Lord Palmerston.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin
SW. of Huntingdon; has an interesting old parish church, a corn exchange, and iron and paper works.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin
There are also theatres, a chamber of commerce, corn exchange, market-hall, custom-house, and the dock offices, a handsome Italian building.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
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