Dollymop

a tawdrily-dre ed maid-servant, a semi-profe ional street-walker. Dolly shop , an illegal pawnshop,—where goods, or stolen property, not good enough for the pawnbroker, are received, and charged at so much per day. If not redeemed the third day the goods are forfeited. Originally these shops were rag shops as well, and were represented by the black doll , the usual sign of a rag shop. Twenty years ago, a DOLLY SHOP was, among boys, a small sweet stuff and fruit shop where a hollow wooden figure, of the kind described above, was kept. A wager was made, and the customer got double quantity for his money, or nothing. A paternal legislature, and a police system worthy of the task, have long since wiped this blot from a nation’s face. The amount at stake was generally a halfpenny, sometimes le .