pop-shop

[ pop-shop ]

/ ˈpɒpˌʃɒp /

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noun British Slang.

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Origin of pop-shop

First recorded in 1765–75; pop¹ + shop

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How to use pop-shop in a sentence

Number three reminds a body ov a deeal o' things, but nowt as mitch as a pop shop.
Yorksher Puddin'|John Hartley
For further particulars inquire at the Pop-shop, Bond Street.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 103, September 3, 1892|Various
I thought you was too much of the lady to put your nose inside a pop-shop.
A Life's Secret|Mrs. Henry Wood
They draw the things in red and black ink on the pop-shop labels.
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition|Rudyard Kipling

British Dictionary definitions for pop-shop

pop shop

noun

a slang word for a pawnshop

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