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corn exchange

British  

noun

  1. a building where corn is bought and sold

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The principal buildings are the town-hall, county buildings, corn exchange, mechanics’ institute and the public library.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

A vast corn exchange, a vaster drill-hall for the workmen—who had formed a volunteer corps—to drill in, chapels of every description, and some of really large size—all these arose.

From The Hills and the Vale by Jefferies, Richard

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

That is also pulled down, and there is a kind of square or place where there is the corn exchange: I think that there is nothing else to see.

From The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies by Besant, Walter, Sir

The principal structures include the municipal buildings, corn exchange, library, public hall, and the market cross.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

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