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whistling shop

whistling shop noun: a shebeen.

Noun

whistling shop (plural whistling shops)

  1. (obsolete, slang) A shebeen.

Forms of whistling shop

pluralwhistling shops

Questions about whistling shop

What does whistling shop mean?
Whistling shop means a shebeen.
What part of speech is whistling shop?
Whistling shop is a noun.
What is the plural of whistling shop?
The plural of whistling shop is whistling shops.

Words near whistling shop in the dictionary

  1. whistling kite
  2. whistling marmot
  3. whistling marmots
  4. whistling past
  5. whistling past the graveyard
  6. whistling shop
  7. whistling shops
  8. whistling swan
  9. whistling swans
  10. whistling up
  11. whistlingly

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