(definition) by Vulgar Tongue 1811 Wed May 04 2005 at 16:48:30
TWO TO ONE SHOP
A pawnbroker's: alluding to the three blue balls, the sign of that trade: or perhaps to its being two to one that the goods pledged are never redeemed.

The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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