hock shop

hock shop

A pawn shop. Things got so bad after I lost my job last summer that I took my guitar to the hock shop. Yeah, I don't think going to a hock shop and selling prized possessions is anyone's ideal way to solve a problem. I couldn't bear the thought of taking my jewelry to the hock shop, but I was left with no other alternative.
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hockshop

n. a pawnshop. We took the watch to a hockshop, but couldn’t get enough money for it.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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