bucket shop

Example Sentences

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The bucket shop occupied a similar gray zone as the local bookie.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

The subsequent investigation under New York’s Martin Act brought down the Consolidated, and helped end the heyday of the bucket shop.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Critics are calling this the bucket shop act of 2012.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2012

Ryanair, the "no frills" bucket shop airline, has finally confirmed that passengers will now be charged to use the loo.

From The Guardian • Apr. 10, 2010

Once bit, twice shy; and as for the bucket shop, I'll have none of it.

From Rockhaven by Munn, Charles Clark