| 单词 | change alley |
| 释义 | > as lemmasChange Alley Change Alley n. a narrow street in the City of London, connecting Cornhill and Lombard Street.In the 18th cent. many stockbrokers used the coffee houses in Change Alley, esp. Jonathan's and Garraway's, in preference to the Royal Exchange (see note at sense 2). ΚΠ 1704 T. Baker Act at Oxf. i. 9 You're a parcel of Hypocrites and Latitudinarians, and you make such sneaking Feasts now i'the City, one's forc'd after Dinner to go to the Chop House in Change Alley. 1849 J. Francis Chron. & Characters Stock Exchange ii. 28 No sooner had the members of the jobbing community taken their quarter in 'Change Alley, than the City of London was seized with alarm, and tried to keep the brokers at the Royal Exchange. 1994 N. F. Koehn Power of Commerce iv. 119 Bank of England officials, Change Alley brokers, and other men who made the availability of credit their business. < as lemmas |
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