dolly shop

noun

Etymology

(pawn shop): After the 19th-century practice of using a black doll to mark out their shops.

Definitions

  1. An unlicensed pawnshop where rags, old junk, and like items are bought and sold.

  2. A sweetshop furnished with the gambling device called a dolly.

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