英语词汇bucket shop的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

bucket shop. Before it became the term for “an illegal bro- kerage house that cheats its customers,” bucket shop was the designation for “an unsavory bar where patrons could buy beer by the buckets.” However, in 1882, the Chicago Board of Trade prohibited grain transactions of less than 5,000 bushels. Illegiti- mate brokerage houses began trading in smaller lots and when- ever larger, legitimate houses dealt illegally in smaller lots they sent down for a “bucketful” to the bucket shops.

词汇	bucket shop
词源	bucket shop. Before it became the term for “an illegal bro- kerage house that cheats its customers,” bucket shop was the designation for “an unsavory bar where patrons could buy beer by the buckets.” However, in 1882, the Chicago Board of Trade prohibited grain transactions of less than 5,000 bushels. Illegiti- mate brokerage houses began trading in smaller lots and when- ever larger, legitimate houses dealt illegally in smaller lots they sent down for a “bucketful” to the bucket shops.
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