| 单词 | leaving shop |
| 释义 | > as lemmasleaving shop leaving shop n. slang (now historical) an unlicensed pawnshop. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > pawnshop > unlicensed leaving shop1842 1842 Morning Chron. 27 Oct. Sir Peter Laurie asked what a leaving shop was. Mr. Ashurt said it was a mongrel pawnbroker. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend I. ii. xii. 267 She was an unlicensed pawnbroker, keeping what was popularly called a Leaving Shop, by lending insignificant sums on insignificant articles of property deposited with her as security. 1888 Spectator 7 July 942 The ‘leaving-shop’, or illicit pawnbroker, almost frustrates attempts at protective legislation for the poor. 1953 Economica 20 18 There were at least 500-600 ‘leaving shops’ in the poorer districts of London. 2015 C. Wood Dickens & Business of Death iv. 133 Pleasant Riderhood operates a Leaving Shop and boarding house that holds the bodies of sailors, and pawned possessions that appear haunted by their former owners. < as lemmas |
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