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policy shops

policy shops is the plural of policy shop.

Meaning of policy shop

Noun

policy shop (plural policy shops)

  1. (US, historical, obsolete) A gambling place where punters could bet on the numbers which would be drawn in lotteries.
    • In lottery and policy shops do they not generally stick up an exchange sign, and hold out “stationery sold here,” so that persons who did not understand it would suppose they sold stationery?1856, New York (State) Legislature: Senate, Documents of the Senate of the State of New York, Volume 2, page 212

Questions about policy shops

What is policy shops the plural of?
Policy shops is the plural of policy shop.

Words near policy shops in the dictionary

  1. policy pattern
  2. policy patterns
  3. policy rate
  4. policy rates
  5. policy shop
  6. policy shops
  7. policy wonk
  8. policy wonks
  9. policy-maker
  10. policy-makers
  11. policy-making

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