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Synonyms for pawnbroker
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pawn-broh-ker |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɔnˌbroʊ kər |
Définition of pawnbroker
Origin :- 1680s, from pawn (n.1) + broker (n.).
- noun moneylender
- A young soldier (it was Charlie Wilkes) came upon Pincher the pawnbroker.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- His brother, the pawnbroker, was there and had something to say to the Father.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- He had insulted the name of the Father, and Pincher, the pawnbroker, had knocked him down.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- I esteem a pawnbroker in the place of an uncle: that is, in loco.
- Extract from : « The Comic Latin Grammar » by Percival Leigh
- "Yes, they caught him in a pawnbroker's shop," said Mr. Basswood.
- Extract from : « Dave Porter At Bear Camp » by Edward Stratemeyer
- He bought a secondhand watch at a pawnbroker's, but disdained a chain.
- Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray
- I come hup jest when the perleeceman and the pawnbroker were a-gripping yer.
- Extract from : « Sue, A Little Heroine » by L. T. Meade
- On turning the corner, Judy had discovered a pawnbroker's shop.
- Extract from : « Molly Brown's Orchard Home » by Nell Speed
- Bart overheard him talking of Stowley and the pawnbroker there.
- Extract from : « The Opal Serpent » by Fergus Hume
- Afterwards he vanished, as I say, and became a pawnbroker in Gwynne Street.
- Extract from : « The Opal Serpent » by Fergus Hume
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