He sold lots of worthless bonds and financed his "
hockshop" on the surety of what he called the emeralds of the late Empress of Germany —
Kaynak: Alexandre StaviskyIn one, Moe announces he is going to the
hockshop , and Larry replies "While you're there, hock me a tshaynik"; in the other, Larry,
Kaynak: Hakn a tshaynikHe sold lots of worthless bonds and financed his "
hockshop" on the surety of what he called the emerald s of the late Empress of Germany
Kaynak: Stavisky Affair