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bucket shop

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bucket shop
Chiefly Brit any small business that cannot be relied upon, esp one selling cheap airline tickets


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For instance, Timmins United Supply wanted to show customers and their 80 employees the new expansion of their Bucket Shop, so Brian Blahey, marketing manager of Timmins United Supply, launched two open houses.
Major airlines use bucket shops to quietly (and economically) fill their unsold seats to off-price dealers.
Both businesses, the Bucket Shop and Steeltec, share staff and are operated by United Supply, which also operates a full-line industrial, commercial, institutional and residential cleaning and supply division called Swish.
 
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