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corn exchange

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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 play-ground bully, the swindler of the corn exchange, who is the more virtuous? dolls with life, babies with genius, which the more sensible?

From Trifles for the Christmas Holidays by Armstrong, H. S.

Then they went into the big market, into the corn exchange, then to shops.

From The Rainbow by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

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

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

There is a corn exchange and the agricultural trade is considerable; brushes and matting are manufactured.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various

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