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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He wore his best suit which had been redeemed from the pawnbrokers and was freshly cleaned and pressed.
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I felt very wicked taking them to a pawnbroker , and then I sent the money to Giulia.
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In fact, from 1785 all pawnbrokers had to register.
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In this Windle and Maidwell are described as glass sellers, whilst Thomas Gunson has become a pawnbroker .
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Money borrowed from a pawnbroker did not have to be repaid for fifteen months.
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The business of pawnbrokers, which consists in lending money upon pledges of goods, is the subject of special statutory regulation.
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There were 3,000 pawnbrokers in Greater London in the 1960S, but in ten years the number dropped to 150.