pop shop

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pop shop¹

Where it comes from

From pop + shop, from pop being an abbreviation of soda pop.

noun pop shops · popshop

  1. Synonym of malt shop. Meet me at the car hop, or at the pop shop

    Similar: malt shop

pop shop²

Where it comes from

From pop + shop, from pop (“to pawn”).

noun pop shops · popshop

  1. slang A pawnshop. [S]he has often refused a guinea from a Flagellant, when the next hour she has been obliged to send her watch to the pop shop to get a dinner […].

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@misc{pop_shop_2026,
  title = {pop shop},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pop%20shop},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}