释义 |
store noun- a betting operation US
- — David W. Maurer, Argot of the Racetrack, p. 60, 1951
- any rigged game or attraction in a carnival US
- — Gene Sorrows, All About Carnivals, p. 27, 1985: “Terminology”
- in a big con swindle, the fake office, poolroom or betting establishment created for the swindle US, 1940
- The inside man is the guts of a store. He makes one mistake and he’s lost the mark and the score. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Trick Baby, p. 119, 1969
▶ your store is open a catchphrase used to advise that your (trouser) fly is undone CANADA |