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pop-shop

[ pop-shop ]

noun

, British Slang.


pop shop

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pop-shop1

First recorded in 1765–75; pop 1 + shop
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Example Sentences

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

For further particulars inquire at the Pop-shop, Bond Street.

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

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

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