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knocking shop

knocking shop {n.}

Brothel.

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[close up shop] {v. phr.} 1. To shut a store at the end of a day's business, also, to end a business. * /The grocer closes up shop at 5 […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[closed shop] {n. phr.} 1. A plant or factory that employs only union workers. * /Our firm has been fighting the closed shop policy for many years now./ 2. A […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[open shop] {n. phr.} A factory or firm that employs both union and non-union labor. * /The firm refuses to adopt an open shop policy./ Contrast: [CLOSED SHOP]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[shop] See: [CLOSE UP SHOP], [TALK SHOP]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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