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See also:COULISSE (See also:French for " groove," from couler, to slide) , a See also:term for a groove in which a See also:gate of a sluice, or the See also:side-scenes in a See also:theatre, slide up and down, hence applied to the space on the See also:stage between the wings, and generally to that See also:part of the theatre " behind the scenes " and out of view of the public . It is also a term of the See also:Paris See also:Bourse, derived from a See also:coulisse, or passage in which transactions were carried on without the authorized agents de See also:change . The name coulissier was thus given to unauthorized agents de change, or " outside brokers " who, after many attempts at suppression, were finally given a recognized status in 1901 . They bring business to the agents de change, and See also:act as intermediaries between them and other parties . |
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