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pop-shop

American  
[pop-shop] / ˈpɒpˌʃɒp /

noun

British Slang.
  1. pawnshop.


pop shop British  

noun

  1. a slang word for a pawnshop

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of pop-shop

First recorded in 1765–75; pop 1 + shop

Example Sentences

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“He’ll be getting his blue coat with brass buttons out of the pop-shop just now,” cried another; “and he’ll hold his head so high that he won’t look at us wicked sinners.”

From Frank Oldfield Lost and Found by Wilson, Theodore P.

I thought you was too much of the lady to put your nose inside a pop-shop.

From A Life's Secret A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry

"They draw the things in red and black ink on the pop-shop labels."

From The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition by Kipling, Rudyard

Julius had shaken his head over the trousers, knowing that the first walk taken by the garments in company with the winners would be as far as the pop-shop.

From The Dop Doctor by Dehan, Richard

"I do not know how often this happened but I remember several times I phoned the house and Kyson answered the phone and told me 'mummy has gone to the pop shop'."

From BBC Sep. 24, 2024

Suddenly the mom and pop shop they had essentially been running out of their home outside of Chicago had grown into a multi-million dollar company.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2019

USA Gymnastics has been a mom and pop shop.

From Slate Jan. 29, 2018

Her reaction, just like many others who walk into the retro candy and soda pop shop, was “Wow!”

From Seattle Times Jan. 6, 2018

Number three reminds a body ov a deeal o' things, but nowt as mitch as a pop shop.

From Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley by Hartley, John

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