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pawnshop|ˈpɔːnʃɒp|
[f. pawn n.2 + shop.]
A pawnbroker's shop or place of business.
1849J. P. Robson in Bards of Tyne, The Pawnshop in a Bleeze, The world was better far an sure When pawnshops had ne neym [= no name]. 1855Mrs. Gaskell North & S. I. xx. 246 For these..there seems no other resource now that their weekly wages are stopped, but the pawn-shop. 1891E. Kinglake Australian at H. ii. 10 Pawnshops, with their three golden balls dangling in front. |