pawnbrokers

• “A still greater profit to the pawnbrokers is the penny fraud.”

  Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City

• “In London, the battle is fought, on an average, at least, once a week; and idleness, and the profits of those sort of petty usurers, called pawnbrokers, are greatly promoted by it.”

  An Inquiry into the Permanent Causes of the Decline and Fall of Powerful and Wealthy Nations. Designed To Shew How The Prosperity Of The British Empire May Be Prolonged

• “What would you say, if I should anatomize some of those vile wretches called pawnbrokers, that lend money and goods to poor people, who are by necessity forced to such an inconvenience; and will make, by one trick or other, the interest of what they so lend amount to thirty, forty, yea sometimes fifty pound by the year; notwithstanding the principal is secured by a sufficient pawn; which they will keep too at last, if they find any shift to cheat the wretched borrower.”

  Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03

• “In the yellow pages, the Beverly Loan Co. is listed under "pawnbrokers," but Jean Zimmelman prefers "collateral lender," as do, no doubt, her clients who come from L. A.'s better addresses to her shop off Rodeo Drive.”

  Newsweek: Where To Find Ready Cash On Rodeo Drive

• “Bunyan describes all 'pawnbrokers' to have been 'vile wretches,' and, in extortion, the women to be worse than the men.”

  Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03

• “Provident says its interest rates are "substantially lower" than the limit imposed on New York pawnbrokers.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Gold's Luster a Bright Spot in Tough Economy

• “They are more likely to sell inexpensive handguns, to be pawnbrokers, to be located in urban areas, and to be patronized by would-be gun buyers who ... are prohibited from owning guns.”

  The Washington Post: Virginia gun dealers: Small number supply most guns tied to crimes

• “To make ends meet, Joe – formerly a high-earning insurance underwriter until the credit crisis took his job and everything else from him – worked in a pawnbrokers.”

  The Guardian: TV review: Jonathan Meades on France; Bouncers

• “And pawnbrokers who own their own property can offer a broader selection.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Holidays at the Pawn Shop

• “This city now boasts 390 pawnbrokers—double the pre-recession count.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Holidays at the Pawn Shop

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