pawnbroker

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You can always head to your local pawnbroker or a merchant who specializes in coins or precious metals.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 31, 2025

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 • Aug. 10, 2025

A pawnbroker is an individual person or shop which offers secured loans against people's personal possessions - most often items like electronics or jewellery.

From BBC • May 13, 2022

And yet, Raskolnikov remains confused about his own motives: Does he kill the old pawnbroker to appropriate her valuables for himself or for others?

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2021

Ending with the big man and the pawnbroker and how he’d seen me on the docks.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk