What does knock-shop mean?
Knock-shop means Alternative form of knocking shop..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative form of knocking shop..
Prue's mind raced. "You mean, Harry Allway has a house at Ulladulla?" "More of a weekend knock-shop, from what I hear," sneered the old salt.
Wits is voyeur to the underbelly of the city; like a madam in a knock-shop, she watches equivocally the mess of city garbage tangled erotically with roadside gambling and sunglass-snatching
The other two doors lead God only knows where but Misty's knock-shop is just around the corner and our barman Adam tells us: "We get a few men coming in who don't want a drink."
Delighted, we set about organising some 4X4 gear and purchased a second-hand Landy in reasonable nick which had to be fitted with long-range tanks, a roofrack and all the clever mod-cons. The knock-shop had nearly three months to do it.
You may be completely uninsured, and so be tempted to take your car into an affordable backyard knock-shop.
Use knock-shop when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Knock-shop means Alternative form of knocking shop..
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Prue's mind raced. "You mean, Harry Allway has a house at Ulladulla?" "More of a weekend knock-shop, from what I hear," sneered the old salt.
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