corn exchange
Britishnoun
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Beside the classic corn exchange, it had no modern buildings.
From Greyfriars Bobby by Atkinson, Eleanor Stackhouse
Then they went into the big market, into the corn exchange, then to shops.
From The Rainbow by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
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 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
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.
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