pawnshopn.
/ˈpɔːnʃɒp/, U.S. /ˈpɔnˌʃɑp/, /ˈpɑnˌʃɑp/ A pawnbroker's shop or place of business.
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Lombard1609
lumber1617
lumber-house1677
pawnshop1720
rumbo ken1724
pop-shop1772
spout1819
pawnbrokery1821
dolly-shop1851
pawn1868
hock-shop1871
poverty shop1948
1720 Swearer's-bank 11 Putting the Act in Execution on those Days, would only fill the..Pawn-Shops with Muskets and Swords.
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. v. ii. 416 The city of Hamburgh has established a sort of public pawn-shop, which lends money to the subjects of the state upon pledges at six per cent. interest.
1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South I. xx. 246 There seems no other resource now that their weekly wages are stopped, but the pawn-shop.
1891 E. Kinglake Austral. at Home ii. 10 Pawnshops, with their three golden balls dangling in front.
1910 ‘O. Henry’ Strictly Business iii. 41 Klein sees a pair of cuff links..in a pawnshop window, and we all go in while he buys 'em.
2010 K. L. Seegers tr. D. Meyer 13 Hours ii. 16 He did the rounds of the pawnshops, but all their stock was worn out,..junk even when they were new.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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