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 cast her eyes about in search of pawnable articles.
From The Divine Fire by May Sinclair
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
Whatever was pawnable had gone already, of course, except the little nickel-plated clock.
From A Child of the Jago by Arthur Morrison
Now, as the wicked are always ungrateful, Gines, who had neither gratitude nor good-nature, resolved to steal Sancho Panza's ass; not caring for Rozinante, as a thing neither pawnable nor saleable.
From The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
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
