Gospel shop

English

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Noun

Gospel shop (plural Gospel shops)

1. (slang) A church.

References

• [Francis] Grose [et al.] (1811) “Gospel shop”, in Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence. […], London: […] C. Chappell, […], →OCLC.