English Explanatory Dictionary

rag-shop

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bank (financial institution).
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rag, shop.

Word forms

rag-shop rag-shops

Etymology

(bank): From the slang term rag (“a banknote”).

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