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Wall Street (iou) and crossbite (iou)


Wall Street (iou)



Wall Street noun phr. M19.
[A street in New York City where some of the most important US financial institutions are centred.]
The American financial world or money market. Freq. attrib.
Comb.: Wall Street crash Hist. the collapse of the American stock market in October 1929.
Wall Streeter noun a Wall Street financier, esp. one working in the New York stock market L19.
Wall Streetish adjective of or characteristic of Wall Street or its financiers E20.

crossbite (iou)



crossbite verb & noun.M16.
[from CROSS- + BITE verb.]
A. verb trans. Pa. t. -bit, pa. pple -bit(ten).
Cheat in return; dupe, deceive. M16-M19.
Censure bitingly or bitterly. L16-M18.
b. noun. A swindle; a deception. L16-E18.