hockshop
9.3
A shop that buys used items or lends money and keeps items until you pay back
- noun
- /ˈhɑkˌʃɑp/
- Archaic
:
casa de empeño
- Many people visit the hockshop to sell items that they no longer need.
Examples
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She took her old guitar to the hockshop to get some money for rent.
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I found a rare comic book at a hockshop for a very low price.
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And he was sure the hockshop guys would be happy to help them.
Fiction book (1999) -
Picked it up last night in a hockshop.
Synonyms
28
3.0
A shop where people leave valuable things to get a loan or sell them for cash
emphasizes selling items cheaply rather than offering loans as main service
pawnbroker's shop
vshockshop
3.9
A shop where people leave things to get a loan that may be sold if not paid back
more focused on low price sales and quick cash than on loan contracts
pawnbrokerage
vshockshop
8.4
A shop that lends money if you leave something you own as a promise to pay
is the everyday term stressing cheap cash sales rather than formal business label
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hockshop starts with hock, which means 'to pawn' or 'to sell for quick cash', and ends with shop, so it is like a pawnshop where people leave items for money, often at a low price.