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pops

(v): bulge outward
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about 1 month ago bilby said:

"Pistols. Pop shop: a pawnbroker's shop. To pop: to pawn; aslo to shoot. I popt my tatler: I pawned my watch. I popt the cull: I shot the man. His means are two pops and a galloper: that is, he is a highwayman."
- Francis Grose, 'The Vulgar Tongue'.

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