单词 | policy shop |
释义 | > as lemmaspolicy shop policy shop n. U.S. (now historical) a place for gambling by betting on the drawing of certain numbers in a lottery. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > betting on lotteries > [noun] > place for betting policy office1843 policy shop1846 1846 National Police Gaz. (U.S.) 31 Oct. 60/2 We call the attention of the members of the grand jury..to ..the operations of James T. Bache's policy shop, under Howard's Hotel, two doors from Maiden Lane. 1903 Daily Chron. 3 Nov. 5/3 He..has closed every gambling-den, pool-room, disorderly house and policy-shop that the extreme of vigilance could discover. 1990 J. Mushkat Fernando Wood xi. 179 Internal revenue agents pressed Ben Wood for $30,000 in back taxes on his lottery ‘policy shops’. < as lemmas |
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