pawn
verb (used with object)
to deposit as security, as for money borrowed, especially with a pawnbroker.
pawnable
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a word derived from
pawn.
Example Sentences
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She owned a few pawnable things, though only a few.
From Out of the Air by Inez Haynes Gillmore
The feather pillows, sheets, and blankets: bits of carpet or oilcloth, and as much of their clothing as was saleable or pawnable.
From The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell
But all the same, after she'd lighted her cigarette in her own room she drew a long breath and pottered about her few possessions until she found something pawnable.
From Little Miss By-The-Day by Lucille Van Slyke
He was interested in the kümmel, and in the pistols, which were pawnable.
From Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative by Harry Kemp
Whatever was pawnable had gone already, of course, except the little nickel-plated clock.
From A Child of the Jago by Arthur Morrison
