pawnbroker

Example Sentences

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Vestiges of Reseda’s small-town beginning still survive in block after block of single-story businesses like the Traders pawnbroker and jewelry store at the intersection of Reseda Boulevard and Sherman Way.

From Los Angeles Times

She took a variety of wartime jobs including working in a hairdressers, as a hat maker and - finally - in a pawnbroker's shop.

From BBC

His father, a manager in a jewellery and pawnbroker's business, had progressed sufficiently in life to be buying his own house.

From BBC

It works with jewelers, miners, pawnbrokers and dealers to “convert materials into marketable, high-purity gold products while ensuring transparency and competitive settlements.”

From Los Angeles Times

It was never just about the neon, that Cubist, consumerist razzle-dazzle cantilevered over Hong Kong’s streets announcing pawnbrokers and mooncake bakers, saunas and shark’s fin soup shops.

From New York Times