单词 | pop-shop |
释义 | pop-shopn. slang. A pawnshop. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > pawnshop Lombard1609 lumber1617 lumber-house1677 pawnshop1720 rumbo ken1724 pop-shop1772 spout1819 pawnbrokery1821 dolly-shop1851 pawn1868 hock-shop1871 poverty shop1948 1772 Town & Country Mag. 73 The Pop-shop was ready for pledges, the gin-shop was ready for the money lent upon them. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Pop shop, a pawnbroker's shop. 1846 E. Bulwer-Lytton Lucretia III. ii. xvi. 79 I might have been vicked enough to let it go vith the rest to the pop-shop. 1898 F. Hume Hagar iii. 54 Rosa..might pawn it,..so I sent a printed slip to all the pop-shops in London. 1919 G. B. Shaw O'Flaherty V.C. in Heartbreak House, Great Catherine, & Playlets of War 183 She hadnt half the jewelry of Mrs Sullivan that keeps the popshop in Drumpogue. 1974 P. Wright Lang. Brit. Industry i. 22 For many families the pop-shop was a necessity. 2002 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 30 Sept. d4 Why would anyone hand over hard cash to a stranger in a local pop shop. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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