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    What type of establishment is also called a 'pop shop' or sometimes referred to as 'uncles' ?

    Question #22535. Asked by anxiousharry. (Sep 10 02 4:54 PM)


    mibmob

    		pawnbrokers

    Sep 10 02, 5:00 PM
    Brainy Blonde

    		'Pop Goes the Weasel' comes from Cockney rhyming slang. The 'pop shop' was the
    pawnbroker. When the money ran out at the end of the week (a penny for a loaf
    of bread, a penny for a needle, and maybe a bit more for rice and treacle), the
    prize possession of a warm winter coat (weasel and stoat=coat) was taken down to
    the 'pop' shop and left as security until the week's wage came in when it would
    be redeemed, and the cycle began again. See:
    http://www.plateaupress.com.au/wfw/weasel.htm



    Sep 11 02, 6:34 PM

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