pawn
verb (used with object)
to deposit as security, as for money borrowed, especially with a pawnbroker.
had pawned
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past perfectof pawn.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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I went in and asked the clerk if anyone had pawned a Tiffany watch and about 200 CDs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2023
Ursula, too, had pawned off her phone on an assistant.
From Slate ● May 27, 2023
Mr. Smith declared bankruptcy in 1997; by then, he had pawned his piano.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2023
Around the same time, he said he discovered that his cellphone was missing, and believed Santos had pawned it.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 2023
She was keeping it, she explained, to replace the wedding ring her mother had given her, the one Dad had pawned shortly after they got married.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
