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Pawnbroking

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pawn·bro·ker  (pônbrkr)
n.
One that lends money at interest in exchange for personal property deposited as security.
pawnbroking n.


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The mother of this lady had been a servant to my grand-mother; and, having inherited a vast fortune from her father, which he had got by pawnbroking, was married to a gentleman of great estate and fashion.
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