[lit-ideas] Re: 5 Short Stories
- From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 02:02:45 +0100
> 1886 Statist 28 Aug. 234 The `bucket shop' is an American
> institution..and it
> was first used for retail gambling in grain.
interesting. I found (US)
>>>>>2. bucket shop - (formerly) a cheap saloon selling liquor by the
bucket<<<<
your
> 1957 Encycl. Brit. IX. 703/2 `Bucket shop' means the business of
> a sham share
> broker
was definition 1.
I see David's qjump.com does exist (and is as misleading as he says). I
thought it might be a euphemism for virgin.com
Judy Evans
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> David Ritchie writes, re 'bucket shop':
>
> >A "bucket shop" is (or was) a discount, and possibly
> fly-by-night(!), travel
> agent. By extension, a "bucket shop hernia repair" would be done by a
> fellow you meet in the back of some pub, who has very good
> prices and not a
> lot of scruples.<
>
> Yes, it seems to mean that but this would be a later extension
> of the term.
> Here's the OED:
>
> 1886 Statist 28 Aug. 234 The `bucket shop' is an American
> institution..and it
> was first used for retail gambling in grain.
>
> 1886 Statist 235 Men opened offices..and started a business in
> Stocks which was
> simply betting..The `bucket shop' keeper..offered to deal at
> close prices and
> without commission..There are `bucket shops' and `bucket shops'.
> The worst
> class of them are thimble and pea sharpers under a more polite name.
>
> 1957 Encycl. Brit. IX. 703/2 `Bucket shop' means the business of
> a sham share
> broker who gambles with his customers on the rise or fall in the
> prices of
> stock exchange securities without acquiring these securities at all.
>
>
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