"knock-shop" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "knocking shop"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1985, Alexander Buzo, The search for Harry Allway, page 140",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Mary Rorich, “Knowledge is Power, And You'd Better Believe it”, in Margaret Orr, Mary Rorich, Finuala Dowling, editors, The Wits Wonderwoman Book: Buttons and Breakfasts",
          "text": "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",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008 March 10, Andrew Taylor, “La Strada”, in Sydney Morning Herald",
          "text": "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.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "Alternative form of knocking shop"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004, I'm Alright Jack: Bush Tales II, page 52",
          "text": "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.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 March 2, “How To Choose The Right Panel Beater”, in Women on Wheels",
          "text": "You may be completely uninsured, and so be tempted to take your car into an affordable backyard knock-shop.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A shop that does bodywork on motor vehicles."
      ],
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          "bodywork",
          "bodywork"
        ],
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          "motor vehicle",
          "motor vehicle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) A shop that does bodywork on motor vehicles."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "knock-shop"
}

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      "form": "knock-shops",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1985, Alexander Buzo, The search for Harry Allway, page 140",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Mary Rorich, “Knowledge is Power, And You'd Better Believe it”, in Margaret Orr, Mary Rorich, Finuala Dowling, editors, The Wits Wonderwoman Book: Buttons and Breakfasts",
          "text": "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",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008 March 10, Andrew Taylor, “La Strada”, in Sydney Morning Herald",
          "text": "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.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of knocking shop"
      ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004, I'm Alright Jack: Bush Tales II, page 52",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 March 2, “How To Choose The Right Panel Beater”, in Women on Wheels",
          "text": "You may be completely uninsured, and so be tempted to take your car into an affordable backyard knock-shop.",
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        }
      ],
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        "A shop that does bodywork on motor vehicles."
      ],
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        [
          "bodywork",
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        ],
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      ],
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        "(informal) A shop that does bodywork on motor vehicles."
      ],
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        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "knock-shop"
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