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bucket shop

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈbucket shop noun [countable] British English informal  BBCSHOP/STOREa place that sells cheap plane tickets 廉价机票分销店
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bucket shopIn contrast, the streetwise dealers require quicker money, and may end up in a bucket shop on the Continent.After all, Merrill Lynch is not a bucket shop.There is an art in quitting a bucket shop.
From Longman Business Dictionarybucket shopˈbucket shop1FINANCE a dishonest STOCKBROKING firm that uses its clients’ money to buy high-risk stocks and COMMODITIES2British English informalCOMMERCETRAVEL a business that sells cheap tickets for air travelHe got the cheap one-way ticket in a bucket shop. shop
ˈbucket shop nounChineseSyllable
sells place plane a tickets Corpus Business cheap that


bucket shop
ˈbucket shop noun [countable] British English informal
a place that sells cheap plane tickets