dolly shop
dolly shop · dolly shops
An unlicensed pawnshop where rags, old junk, and like items are bought and soldAn unlicensed pawnshop where rags, old junk, and like items are bought and sold.
Meaning
2 senses(UK, obsolete)An unlicensed pawnshop where rags, old junk, and like items are bought and sold.
(UK, obsolete)A sweetshop furnished with the gambling device called a dolly.
Origin
(pawn shop): After the 19th-century practice of using a black doll to mark out their shops(pawn shop): After the 19th-century practice of using a black doll to mark out their shops.
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