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policy shop

noun

Etymology

From policy (“illegal lottery”) + shop.

Definitions

  1. A gambling place where punters could bet on the numbers which would be drawn in lotteries.

    • The policy-shops draw from the people, especially the poor and ignorant, hundreds of thousands of dollars every year.

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