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corn exchange

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noun

  1. a building where corn is bought and sold

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The principal modern buildings, besides churches and chapels, are the council house, corn exchange, market house, and museum of the Chichester Literary Society.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various

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)

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

There are a town hall, corn exchange, and grammar school founded in 1566.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various

There are a town-hall and corn exchange, and an industry in the manufacture of matting and in malting.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various

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