单词 | pawnable |
释义 | pawnableadj. That can be pawned. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [adjective] > relating to pawnbroking > pawned > that can be pawned pledgeable1710 pawnablea1739 a1739 C. Jarvis tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1742) I. iii. ix. 125 A thing neither pawnable [Sp. empeñada] nor saleable. 1863 Harper's Mag. Apr. 689/2 Every salable article sold, every pawnable article pawned. 1886 Daily News 9 Dec. 5/7 They have nothing pawnable to fall back upon. Pawning is the first thing to which the poor resort when the wolf comes to the door. 1960 C. Geertz Relig. Java v. 65 The buyer is trying to build up a pawnable surplus for use in circumcising and marrying off his children. 1993 K. Wilhelm Justice for Some xi. 165 If nothing was taken..I mean, not the television or CD player, pawnable stuff like that, it must mean the person was searching for information. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1739 |
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