pawn
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- noun
- /pɔn/
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prenda
- I took my old guitar to the pawn shop to get some quick cash.
- a pawn shop
So he went in, purchased the gun legally at a pawn shop.
- So he went in, purchased the gun legally at a pawn shop.
- If you're poor, the way they get you is the pawn shops.
- And one of the things is the pawn shop sold was guns.
- We don't know why he had those pawn tabs open.
- And I also stuck up a a Las Vegas pawn shop or some shit like that at gunpoint.
Examples
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Well, there's a pawn shop Down on the corner.
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I own a pawn business, and I make loans to my customers.
Fiction book (2000) -
There is a pawn shop that will pay $40 minimum for furniture.
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On my way to the bar, I stopped at a pawn shop, and the display was almost entirely musical instruments.
Fiction book (1998) -
Today I decided to go to a pawn shop and see if they had any coins.
Blog text (27) -
When you walk into any pawn shop, the pawn broker is qualifying you, not your item.
Blog text (29) -
David Close, the manager at Larry's Pawn Shop, is on the witness stand.
Blog text (29) -
The silver inkstand was still in that pawn shop window.
Fiction book (1994) -
Pawn shops make money by investing in pawn loans and collecting pawn fees.
Blog text (29) -
He owns a pawn shop in--in South Miami.
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Etymology
The word pawn comes from an old Latin word pignus meaning 'pledge' or 'promise'. So a pawn is something you leave at a shop as a promise while you get a loan.