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private-wire houses

private-wire houses is the plural of private-wire house.

Meaning of private-wire house

Noun

private-wire house (plural private-wire houses)

  1. (Canada, US, obsolete) A brokerage company with a telegraph line, telephone line, or electronic communication network.
    • All the private-wire houses were active on the selling side, those most talked of in connection with the Wall Street bull interest being the most active.1894, “Chicago Was Afraid of Wall Street”, The New York Times, February 10, 1894, page 2

Questions about private-wire houses

What is private-wire houses the plural of?
Private-wire houses is the plural of private-wire house.

Words near private-wire houses in the dictionary

  1. private-messaging
  2. private-sector
  3. private-use character
  4. private-use characters
  5. private-wire house
  6. private-wire houses
  7. privated
  8. privateer
  9. privateered
  10. privateering
  11. privateerings

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