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US
/ˈpɔnˌʃɑp/
]
[ UK /pˈɔːnʃɒp/ ]
[ UK /pˈɔːnʃɒp/ ]
NOUN
- a shop where loans are made with personal property as security
How To Use pawnshop In A Sentence
- Second-hand stores and pawnshops in Vancouver send in 400,000 routine reports each year on the items they purchase.
- Bob guessed that these trips could have been to cash in gold coins at pawnshops and rare-coin dealerships in the city. Shadow of the Sentinel
- Then-Mayor Rita Mullins objected to the word "pawnshop" even appearing on a storefront, comparing the stores to tattoo parlors. Chicagotribune.com - News
- Resources could be spread over the year or week by credit from the local store or taking possessions to the pawnshop.
- Stone of road of cadre pleasant pawnshop, for civilian become rich make contribution.
- He was able to redeem his watch from the pawnshop.
- With business booming, local pawnshops take no chances.
- He practised at the pawnshop counter for many years.
- Their business interests ranged from salt, iron, cotton, silk and tea to various financial endeavours, including pawnshops, private banks and account bureaux.
- Andrés had been passing by a pawnshop in Manhattan and had spotted a small wood carving of a gaucho with a guitar in the window. Terence Clarke: Piazzolla, Before and After