I. Lit‧tle‧woods1 /ˈlɪtlwʊdz/
trademark a former company that operated football
POOLS in the UK
(=a system by which people risk small amounts of money on the results of football games, and can win a lot of money if they guess the results correctly). The company sold off its pools business, but the name Littlewoods is still used as part of Sportech PLC's
online gambling (
gamble) services.
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II. Littlewoods2 trademark a part of Shop Direct's
online shopping services. In the past, Littlewoods was a group of British shops selling clothes, food, and electrical goods.
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