dolly shop
(UK, obsolete) A sweetshop furnished with the gambling device called a dolly.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK
(UK, obsolete) A sweetshop furnished with the gambling device called a dolly.
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK
(UK, obsolete) An unlicensed pawnshop where rags, old junk, and like items are bought and sold.
Origin: (pawn shop): After the 19th-century practice of using a black doll to mark out their shops. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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