pop-shop

[ pop-shop ]

noun

, British Slang.

1. pawnshop.

pop shop

noun

1. a slang word for a pawnshop

Word History and Origins

Origin of pop-shop¹

First recorded in 1765–75; pop ¹ + shop

Example Sentences

Across town from the Lincoln Square shop, Amy’s treats are also available through spring 2015 at a pop-shop in Hyde Park.

From Time

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

From Project Gutenberg

What a majestical old gentleman it is, even as in his declining years he takes his ease in his pop-shop, with christening mugs and dirty candlesticks about him on the one hand, and saving your presence, Mr. Moses, a Jew dealer on the other.

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

“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 Project Gutenberg