How to Use pawnbroker in a Sentence

pawnbroker

noun

• He was desperate for money so he hocked his watch to a pawnbroker.
• William Hill and its rivals, along with charity shops and pawnbrokers, were among the businesses that took up the slack.
  — Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2019
• The dining area is utilitarian: Seats along the window look across the street at a pawnbroker’s, and a few tables are squeezed up front and along the wall.
  — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2017
• Some of the half-dozen or so pawnbrokers in Harford County do many of the things that would be required under the new legislation.
  — Erika Butler, The Aegis, 3 May 2017
• And, in some circles, waistcoats were associated with the likes of pawnbrokers or card sharks.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 9 July 2018
• Before handing out candy canes, St. Nick listed groups of those who claim him as their patron saint — including children, sailors and pawnbrokers.
  — Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, 15 Dec. 2019
• In killing the old miserly pawnbroker for money, Raskolnikov seeks to purchase his freedom from an existence of degradation.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2021
• Fulford was wanted on felony warrants for failure to appear on a drug case, firearms charges and providing false information to a pawnbroker.
  — The Reporter Herald, The Denver Post, 31 Mar. 2017
• Image Among the Caribbean grocery stalls selling mango and plantain, pawnbroker shops and acrylic nail salons of Peckham, beats the heart of London’s most dynamic art scene.
  — New York Times, 8 Feb. 2018
• Raskolnikov, a haughty and penniless student flitting about the slums of St. Petersburg, brutally murders a nasty old lady—a pawnbroker—and her blameless, just-happened-to-be-there sister.
  — James Parker, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2021
• The pawnbroker and three postal employees identified Newby by photo.
  — William Lee, chicagotribune.com, 28 July 2019
• In practice, according to the California attorney general’s office, this means any loan from a bank, savings and loan, credit union, finance corporation or even a pawnbroker is exempt from the usury law.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2021
• Typical annualised percentage interest rates are in the region of 20-40%, cheaper than the traditional local moneylender or pawnbroker but hardly a snip.
  — The Economist, 3 May 2018
• Martin's recent criminal past includes pleading guilty to burglary, dealing in stealing property, receiving money from a pawnbroker under false pretenses.
  — David J. Neal, miamiherald, 11 June 2018
• The legislation generated controversy, as several pawnbrokers in the county testified at a public hearing that they already are required to keep meticulous transaction records.
  — David Anderson, The Aegis, 17 May 2017
• Financial and insurance institutions: Bank, currency exchanges, consumer lenders, credit unions, title companies, financial markets, payday lenders and pawnbrokers.
  — John Fay, Cincinnati.com, 22 Mar. 2020

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024