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pantile shop

English

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Etymology

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In reference to the steeple-crowned or "pantile" hats of the attendees.

Noun

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pantile shop (plural pantile shops)

  1. (UK, slang, obsolete) Synonym of meetinghouse (“building where Quakers assemble for worship”)

References

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  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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