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pawn

[pawn] / pɔn /


VERB
give as security for a loan
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Evgeny agrees to share, but implores Dmitri not to eat it all because he “had to pawn off a bit of mother’s good silver and then wait three hours in line.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Steve Buscemi and Giancarlo Esposito have supporting turns as, respectively, a pawn shop owner and a cop, and joined Turturro onstage where the super-group of Sundance veterans spoke of their personal affection for Robert Redford.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

They may turn to pawn transactions and other informal borrowing arrangements.

From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026

Blaming China for taking the deal we offered is like blaming the pawn shop for buying your watch.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 19, 2025

King, bishop, knight, pawn, all smudged with his fingers, polluted by his breath.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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