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
Example sentences :
  • 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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