So How’s Business? 
Thread bearer   SPOOL [not more worn out]
Davenport shopper, probably   IOWAN [not a furniture shopper, necessarily]
This offering has a rather exotic cast both in vocabulary and in personages:
NYET      Russian            RENE Magritte   French
AGUA   Spanish              Anais NIN   French
ADIEU   French               King MINOS   Greek
ENTR’acte   French         Thomas MCAN   Scots
SRTA     Spanish             FRANS Hals   Dutch 

But it also has 
TOI, which is not part of the English lexicon.
RATING:  
Three grins = Excellent: Loved it; Two grins = Good: Enjoyed it; One grin = Satisfactory: A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Unsatisfying: No fun
For a discussion on foreign terms, click on “Forum†tab, look under “General Discussion†(page 2) and select ZENOPHOBIA.