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Noun: bucket shop  bú-kit shóp
  1. An unethical or overly aggressive brokerage firm
     
  2. (formerly) a cheap saloon selling liquor by the bucket
     
  3. [Brit] A travel agency that sells cheap airline tickets

Derived forms: bucket shops

Type of: boozer [Brit], brokerage, brokerage firm, gin mill [N. Amer], groggery [Brit, US, archaic], inn [Brit], pothouse [US], pub [Brit, Cdn], public house [Brit], saloon [Brit], securities firm, tap house [archaic], taphouse [archaic], tavern [N. Amer], travel agency, watering hole [Brit]

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