pop shop

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Etymology

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From pop +‎ shop, from pop (to pawn).

Noun

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pop shop (plural pop shops)

  1. (slang) A pawnshop. [from 18th c.]
    • 1789, Harris's List of Covent-Garden Ladies, London: H. Ranger, page 92:
      [S]he has often refused a guinea from a Flagellant, when the next hour she has been obliged to send her watch to the pop shop to get a dinner [] .