mont-de-piété
[mawnduh-pyey-tey]
- a public pawnbroking establishment that lends money on reasonable terms, especially to the poor.
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Ruth's connexion with the mont-de-piete had come about almost automatically.
The Man UpstairsP. G. Wodehouse
And at the mont-de-piete there occurred a surprising incident.
The Man UpstairsP. G. Wodehouse
You would say, "What does this young man, so well-dressed, in a mont-de-piete?"
The Man UpstairsP. G. Wodehouse
Do not fly to the Mont-de-Piete; it is the ruin of the borrower.
Cousin BettyHonore de Balzac
You may have noticed that the manager of the mont-de-piete here isn't strong on conventional good looks.
The Man UpstairsP. G. Wodehouse
mont-de-piété
- (formerly) a public pawnshop
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Word Origin
from Italian monte di pietà bank of pity
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