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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



... chuck-a-luck, crack-loo [U.S.], craps, faro, roulette, pitch and toss, chuck, farthing, cup tossing, heads or tails cross and pile, poker-dice; wager; bet, betting; gambling; the turf. gaming house, gambling house, betting house; bucket shop; gambling joint; totalizator, totalizer; hell; betting ring; dice, dice box. [person who takes chances] gambler, gamester; man of the turf; adventurer; dicer^. V. chance &c (hap) 156; stand a chance &c (be possible) 470. toss up; cast lots, draw lots; leave to chance, trust to chance, leave to ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget
... nerve, and a clean monopoly of an article indispensable to the public. There wasn't a trust buster on the globe that could have found a weak spot in our scheme. It made Rockefeller's little kerosene speculation look like a bucket shop. But ...
— The Gentle Grafter • O. Henry


Words linked to "Bucket shop" :   tap house, brokerage, tavern, brokerage firm, securities firm


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