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单词 pawnbrokeress
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pawnbrokeressn.

Brit. /ˌpɔːnbrəʊkəˈrɛs/, U.S. /ˈpɔnˌbroʊkərəs/, /ˈpɑnˌbroʊkərəs/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pawn n.3, brokeress n.
Etymology: < pawn n.3 + brokeress n., after pawnbroker n.
rare.
A female pawnbroker.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > one who lends money > one with whom pawn deposited > pawnbroker > woman
pawnbrokeress1833
1833 C. Lamb Let. 29 Nov. (1935) III. 392 I..wrote for the Pawnbrokeress's album.
1960 J. Baines J. Conrad xii. 366 Dostoevsky's writing is often tinged with abnormality... Raskolnikov's planning and carrying out of the murder of the old pawnbrokeress is definitely abnormal.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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