Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dolly shop

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables: dol-ly shop
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An unlicensed pawnshop where rags, old junk, and like items are bought and sold.

British usage; Obsolete

noun

A sweetshop furnished with the gambling device called a dolly.

British usage; Obsolete

Etymology

(pawn shop): After the 19th-century practice of using a black doll to mark out their shops.

Usage

British usage
Obsolete

Inflected Forms

dolly shops (plural)

Synonyms

dolly

Questions

What does dolly shop mean?: An unlicensed pawnshop where rags, old junk, and like items are bought and sold.
Where does dolly shop come from?: (pawn shop): After the 19th-century practice of using a black doll to mark out their shops.

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