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

Derived forms: bucket shops

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

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