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pop shop en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

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

Meanings

Synonym of malt shop.
- Meet me at the car hop, or at the pop shop 1962, “Pretty Little Baby”, in Don Stirling, Bill Nauman (lyrics), Connie Francis Sings Second Hand Love & Other Hits, performed by Connie Francis:

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pop shops	Number=Plur		lexicographic
popshop		alternative	lexicographic

Synonyms

pop shop en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

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

Meanings

(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:

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pop shops	Number=Plur		lexicographic
popshop		alternative	lexicographic