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
Pressler sat on the board of Sky Capital LLC, a defunct bucket shop run by the fraudster, Ross Mandell.
From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2014
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
He loitered much about the "bucket shop," and now and then took a "deal" as some friend gave him a "pointer."
From The Evolution of Dodd by Smith, William Hawley
