pop shop

noun

Synonym of malt shop.

Similar
malt shop
First used 18th c.
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Meanings

pop shop1

nounpop shop (plural pop shops)

plural pop shops · alternative popshop

  1. Synonym of malt shop.

    Meet me at the car hop, or at the pop shop

    1962, “Pretty Little Baby”, in Don Stirling, Bill Nauman (lyrics), Connie Francis Sings Second Hand Love & Other Hits, performed by Connie Francis

    Synonyms: malt shop

pop shop2

nounpop shop (plural pop shops)

plural pop shops · alternative popshop

  1. slangA pawnshop.First known use 18th c.

    [S]he has often refused a guinea from a Flagellant, when the next hour she has been obliged to send her watch to the pop shop to get a dinner […].

    1789, Harris's List of Covent-Garden Ladies, London: H. Ranger, page 92

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of malt shop.

Similar
malt shop
Also see
malt shop

Origin

pop shop · noun

From pop + shop, from pop being an abbreviation of soda pop.

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pop shop · noun

From pop + shop, from pop (“to pawn”).

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APA

pop shop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pop%20shop

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“pop shop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pop%20shop. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pop shop,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pop%20shop.

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