PAWNBROKER


Meaning of PAWNBROKER in English

noun

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

He wore his best suit which had been redeemed from the pawnbrokers and was freshly cleaned and pressed.

I felt very wicked taking them to a pawnbroker , and then I sent the money to Giulia.

In fact, from 1785 all pawnbrokers had to register.

In this Windle and Maidwell are described as glass sellers, whilst Thomas Gunson has become a pawnbroker .

Money borrowed from a pawnbroker did not have to be repaid for fifteen months.

The business of pawnbrokers, which consists in lending money upon pledges of goods, is the subject of special statutory regulation.

There were 3,000 pawnbrokers in Greater London in the 1960S, but in ten years the number dropped to 150.

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