bucket

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

Numerous states passed “blue sky laws” to suppress bucket shops, yet the biggest scandal was yet to come.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Besides stealing potential Wall Street customers, bucket shops could roil the capital markets.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

I laid Ma’s head against my chest and pulled the bucket close, starting to sweat at once.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo