bucket-shop
bucket shop
noun
1.
Stock Exchange. an unsound, unethical, or overly aggressive brokerage house.
2.
Slang. any shady commercial agency, as one dealing in illegally priced theater tickets.
Origin:
1870–75, Americanism; originally a cheap drinking establishment, allegedly so called because liquor was mixed or sold in buckets
1870–75, Americanism; originally a cheap drinking establishment, allegedly so called because liquor was mixed or sold in buckets
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| bucket shop | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an unregistered firm of stockbrokers that engages in speculation with clients' funds |
| 2. | chiefly (Brit) any small business that cannot be relied upon, esp one selling cheap airline tickets |
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