pawn
verb (used with object)
to deposit as security, as for money borrowed, especially with a pawnbroker.
have been pawning
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present perfect progressiveof pawn.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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"I'll be sworn you have been pawning my goods and letting my room, you knave!"
From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Stanley J. Weyman
—I have been pawning our silver spoons and forks, eight of them, thread pattern.
From Poor Relations by Honoré de Balzac
