pop-shop
noun
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pop-shop
American
[pop-shop]
/ ˈpɒpˌʃɒp /
noun
British Slang.
pop shop
British
noun
Etymology
Origin of pop-shop
Example Sentences
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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 Richard Dehan
"They draw the things in red and black ink on the pop-shop labels."
From The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition by Rudyard Kipling
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 Mrs. Henry Wood
“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 Theodore P. Wilson
We now live in an era where the formerly “Evil Empire” Yankees seem like an outgunned mom n’ pop shop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
"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
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 John Hartley
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