Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The shop of a pawnbroker.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pawnbroker's establishment; a place in which pawnbroking is carried on.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
business premises of apawnbroker ; whereloans are made, withpersonal property assecurity
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a shop where loans are made with personal property as security
Etymologies
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Examples
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Then-Mayor Rita Mullins objected to the word "pawnshop" even appearing on a storefront, comparing the stores to tattoo parlors.
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The pawnshop was a nice one, guitars hanging on a rack, jewelry in glassed-in counters, three racks of leather jackets, and an assortment of other stuff.
Watcher 3] Fire Watcher Saintcrow, Lilith 2006
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It is not a desirable trait in one connected with a pawnshop, that is also reputed to be a fence, to show surprise or curiosity.
Children of the Whirlwind Leroy Scott 1902
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The pawnshop is a most honorable and useful institution.
Far Above Rubies George MacDonald 1864
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A pawnshop is a bit like a flea market crossed with a garage sale and a jumble shop.
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One of the institutions of the workhouse was, however, a kind of pawnshop kept by one of the under-masters, as they were called, and Zachariah got a shilling advanced on a pocket-knife.
The Revolution in Tanner's Lane Mark Rutherford 1872
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Mint Final Fantasy X with that bonus DVD for $5 at a pawnshop which is closing down near me.
Latest from PALGN 2009
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Mint Final Fantasy X with that bonus DVD for $5 at a pawnshop which is closing down near me.
Latest from PALGN 2009
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Mint Final Fantasy X with that bonus DVD for $5 at a pawnshop which is closing down near me.
Latest from PALGN 2009
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Mint Final Fantasy X with that bonus DVD for $5 at a pawnshop which is closing down near me.
Latest from PALGN 2009
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