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Bucket shop   /bˈəkət ʃɑp/   Listen
Bucket shop

noun
1.
An unethical or overly aggressive brokerage firm.
2.
(formerly) a cheap saloon selling liquor by the bucket.





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"Bucket shop" Quotes from Famous Books



... to feel that the storyteller who talks to me about these things is as much in earnest as a sincere clergyman, an unselfish physician, or an idealistic lawyer. I want to feel that he belongs to a profession that is a sort of priesthood, and not that he is holding down a job or running a bucket shop. ...
— The Best Short Stories of 1920 - and the Yearbook of the American Short Story • Various


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