pop-shopn.
/ˈpɒpʃɒp/, U.S. /ˈpɑpˌʃɑp/ slang.
A pawnshop.
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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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