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pop shop

pop shop noun: synonym of malt shop.

Noun (1)

pop shop (plural pop shops)

  1. Synonym of malt shop.
    • Meet me at the car hop, or at the pop shop1962, “Pretty Little Baby”, in Don Stirling, Bill Nauman (lyrics), Connie Francis Sings Second Hand Love & Other Hits, performed by Connie Francis
    Synonyms:
    malt shop

Noun (2)

pop shop (plural pop shops)

  1. (slang) A pawnshop.
    • [S]he has often refused a guinea from a Flagellant, when the next hour she has been obliged to send her watch to the pop shop to get a dinner […].1789, Harris's List of Covent-Garden Ladies, London: H. Ranger, page 92

Synonyms of pop shop

Forms of pop shop

pluralpop shops
alternative formpopshop

Origin of pop shop

From pop + shop, from pop being an abbreviation of soda pop.

From pop + shop, from pop (“to pawn”).

Questions about pop shop

What does pop shop mean?
Pop shop means synonym of malt shop.
What part of speech is pop shop?
Pop shop is a noun.
What is the plural of pop shop?
The plural of pop shop is pop shops.

Words near pop shop in the dictionary

  1. pop rivet
  2. pop rivets
  3. pop rock
  4. pop shield
  5. pop shields
  6. pop shop
  7. pop shops
  8. pop shot
  9. pop shots
  10. pop shove-it
  11. pop shove-its

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