bucket shop
Example Sentences
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From the outside, a bucket shop resembled a legitimate brokerage.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
The bucket shop occupied a similar gray zone as the local bookie.
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
From Franklin to Chatham street there is scarcely a house without a bucket shop or “distillery,” as the signs over the door read, on the ground floor.
From Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City by McCabe, James Dabney
