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pawnbroker|ˈpɔːnˌbrəʊkə(r)| [f. pawn n.2 + broker 2.] One engaged in the business of lending money upon interest on the security of articles of personal property pawned or pledged.
1687Lond. Gaz. No. 2305/3 Encouragement and Connivence..from Petty-Tradesmen, Pawn-Brokers, and others. 1730Fielding Author's Farce i. iv, Fetch my other hat hither. Carry it to the pawn-broker's. 1786Ir. Act 26 Geo. III, c. 43 title, An Act to establish the Business of a Pawnbroker. 1833H. Martineau Loom & Lugger ii. v. 86 All the knives and scissors were at the pawnbroker's. Hence (nonce-wds.) ˈpawnˌbrokerage, ˈpawnˌbrokering, the business of a pawnbroker, pawnbroking; ˈpawnˌbrokeress, a female pawnbroker; ˈpawnˌbrokery, (a) a pawnbroking establishment, (b) pawnbroking.
1896Century Mag. Feb. 540 Every Jew..must have..a notarial authorization for *pawnbrokerage.
1833Lamb Let. Moxon Lett. 1888 II. 292, I..wrote for the *Pawn⁓brokeress's album.
1893N. & Q. 8th Ser. III. 4/1 Employed in various *pawnbrokering establishments.
1821W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. XCIV. 493 Madame Necker..founded a charitable *pawnbrokery at Paris. 1833New Monthly Mag. XXXVIII. 84 Pawnbrokery is..a rational proceeding, for the pledge always retains the value for which it is engaged. |