bucket shop

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noun

Stock Exchange. an unsound, unethical, or overly aggressive brokerage house.

Slang. any shady commercial agency, as one dealing in illegally priced theater tickets.

Origin of bucket shop

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75; originally a cheap drinking establishment, allegedly so called because liquor was mixed or sold in buckets

Words nearby bucket shop

bucketful, bucket ladder, bucket list, bucket out, bucket seat, bucket shop, bucket truck, buckeye, Buckeye State, Buckfast, buck fever

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Example sentences from the Web for bucket shop

The difference is between a stock-exchange business and a bucket-shop business.
Commercial Law|Samuel Williston, Richard D. Currier, and Richard W. Hill
At the inquest he described himself as a stockbroker, so I presume he is still connected with the bucket-shop.
The Mystery of 31 New Inn|R. Austin Freeman
And the bucket-shop keeper across the way smiles softly to himself and says nothing.
Rockhaven|Charles Munn
Your bucket-shop man is practically betting fifteen dollars of his money against twenty of yours on worse than an even break.
Young Wallingford|George Randolph Chester

This bucket-shop was confined to the tender mercies of one "Jo" Lumpkin as manager.
Frenzied Finance|Thomas W. Lawson

British Dictionary definitions for bucket shop

bucket shop

noun

an unregistered firm of stockbrokers that engages in speculation with clients' funds

mainly British any small business that cannot be relied upon, esp one selling cheap airline tickets

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单词	bucket shop
释义	bucket shop SEE SYNONYMS FOR bucket shop ON THESAURUS.COM noun Stock Exchange. an unsound, unethical, or overly aggressive brokerage house. Slang. any shady commercial agency, as one dealing in illegally priced theater tickets. Origin of bucket shop An Americanism dating back to 1870–75; originally a cheap drinking establishment, allegedly so called because liquor was mixed or sold in buckets Words nearby bucket shop bucketful, bucket ladder, bucket list, bucket out, bucket seat, bucket shop, bucket truck, buckeye, Buckeye State, Buckfast, buck fever Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bucket shop The difference is between a stock-exchange business and a bucket-shop business. Commercial Law\|Samuel Williston, Richard D. Currier, and Richard W. Hill At the inquest he described himself as a stockbroker, so I presume he is still connected with the bucket-shop. The Mystery of 31 New Inn\|R. Austin Freeman And the bucket-shop keeper across the way smiles softly to himself and says nothing. Rockhaven\|Charles Munn Your bucket-shop man is practically betting fifteen dollars of his money against twenty of yours on worse than an even break. Young Wallingford\|George Randolph Chester This bucket-shop was confined to the tender mercies of one "Jo" Lumpkin as manager. Frenzied Finance\|Thomas W. Lawson British Dictionary definitions for bucket shop bucket shop noun an unregistered firm of stockbrokers that engages in speculation with clients' funds mainly British any small business that cannot be relied upon, esp one selling cheap airline tickets 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 Words related to bucket shop boiler room, chop shop
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bucket shop

noun

Origin of bucket shop

Words nearby bucket shop

Example sentences from the Web for bucket shop

British Dictionary definitions for bucket shop

noun

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