pawn
verb (used with object)
to deposit as security, as for money borrowed, especially with a pawnbroker.
will pawn
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future tenseof pawn.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Which, Noble Souldier, she will pawn for thee But never forfeit.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
Has gained considerable fame, as his products will pawn on a good margin.
From Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be by Gordon, Irwin Leslie
She will pawn the coat off your back to play.
From The Virginians by Thackeray, William Makepeace
Lordly rules he, late and early— In the granary; when gone Every kernel of provision, The last cattle he will pawn.
From Russian Lyrics by Bianchi, Martha Dickinson
To him himself, I will pawn you, you beautiful little ring!
From Minna Von Barnhelm by Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim
