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Definition of Hockshop
1. a pawnshop [n -S] - See also: pawnshop
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hockshop
Literary usage of Hockshop
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1910)
""Yep, and it will net you fifteen bucks at any old hockshop," "Bull" had replied,
after a careful examination. "No, you don't! I'll tend to him myself. ..."
2. Children of the Tenements by Jacob August Riis (1908)
"Wait till I send round to the hockshop. He'll know, if anybody." The man at the
pawnshop did not need a second look. " Why, of course," he said, ..."
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