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bucket shop

NOUN
dishonest brokerage
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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

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

The stock, the man said, had only begun to go up, and Gilmartin believed it and bought five shares in "Percy's," his favorite bucket shop.

From The Tipster 1901, From "Wall Street Stories" by Lefevre, Edwin



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