Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The shop of a pawnbroker.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A pawnbroker's establishment; a place in which pawnbroking is carried on.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The business premises of a pawnbroker; where loans are made, with personal property as security

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a shop where loans are made with personal property as security

Etymologies

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From pawn +‎ shop.

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Examples

  • Then-Mayor Rita Mullins objected to the word "pawnshop" even appearing on a storefront, comparing the stores to tattoo parlors.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2011

  • The pawnshop was a nice one, guitars hanging on a rack, jewelry in glassed-in counters, three racks of leather jackets, and an assortment of other stuff.

    Watcher 3] Fire Watcher Saintcrow, Lilith 2006

  • It is not a desirable trait in one connected with a pawnshop, that is also reputed to be a fence, to show surprise or curiosity.

    Children of the Whirlwind Leroy Scott 1902

  • The pawnshop is a most honorable and useful institution.

    Far Above Rubies George MacDonald 1864

  • A pawnshop is a bit like a flea market crossed with a garage sale and a jumble shop.

    News from www.nptelegraph.com 2009

  • One of the institutions of the workhouse was, however, a kind of pawnshop kept by one of the under-masters, as they were called, and Zachariah got a shilling advanced on a pocket-knife.

    The Revolution in Tanner's Lane Mark Rutherford 1872

  • Mint Final Fantasy X with that bonus DVD for $5 at a pawnshop which is closing down near me.

    Latest from PALGN 2009

  • Mint Final Fantasy X with that bonus DVD for $5 at a pawnshop which is closing down near me.

    Latest from PALGN 2009

  • Mint Final Fantasy X with that bonus DVD for $5 at a pawnshop which is closing down near me.

    Latest from PALGN 2009

  • Mint Final Fantasy X with that bonus DVD for $5 at a pawnshop which is closing down near me.

    Latest from PALGN 2009

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