About The Word Bucket shop
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Bucket shop
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What's The Definition Of Bucket shop?
[n] (formerly) a cheap saloon selling liquor by the bucket
[n] an unethical or overly aggressive brokerage firm Synonyms | Synonyms for Bucket shop: Related Terms | Find terms related to Bucket shop: barroom | boiler room | boozer | brokerage | brokerage house | brokerage office | bunco game | con game | confidence game | drinkery | fall to | goldbrick | jump in | set to | shell game | skin game | stockbrokerage | thimblerig | thimblerigging See Also | brokerage | brokerage firm | securities firm | tap house | tavern Bucket shop In Webster's Dictionary \Buck"et shop`\
An office or a place where facilities are given for betting
small sums on current prices of stocks, petroleum, etc.
[Slang, U.S.]
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