subs. phr. (printers’).—A small printing office, for cheap work done at vile wages. In other trades a SLOP SHOP.
1888. R. R., in Notes and Queries, 7 S., v., 333. Let me advise collectors of such things [cheap books] to avoid the regular booksellers, and try the COCK-ROBIN SHOPS, and the general dealers in small wares, down back streets.
