countinghouse
Example Sentences
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He graduated from Harvard, worked in his uncle's countinghouse, visited England, returned to Boston two years before his uncle's death, and took over the business in a year when trade declined 80%.
From Time Magazine Archive
Libya's ancient King Idris emerged from his countinghouse long enough to dispatch soldiers to Egypt.
From Time Magazine Archive
The VCs finger stacks of money like countinghouse kings while they grill the hopefuls, causing more squirm and humiliation than The Office.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its dingy, fourth-floor Manhattan offices resemble a countinghouse out of Charles Dickens.
From Time Magazine Archive
My courage failed me at the sight of a countinghouse or shop crowded with men, bartering and contending loudly with one another.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
