Definitions for pawnbrokers

pawnbrokers pawn·bro·ker

Spelling: [pawn-broh-ker]
IPA: /ˈpɔnˌbroʊ kər/

Pawnbrokers is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 21 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 24 points.

You can make 941 anagrams from letters in pawnbrokers (abeknoprrsw).

Definitions for pawnbrokers

noun

  1. a person whose business is lending money at interest on personal, movable property deposited with the lender until redeemed.

Origin of pawnbrokers

First recorded in 1680-90; pawn1 + broker

Examples for pawnbrokers

His brother, the pawnbroker, was there and had something to say to the Father.

Afterwards he vanished, as I say, and became a pawnbroker in Gwynne Street.

He had insulted the name of the Father, and Pincher, the pawnbroker, had knocked him down.

He bought a secondhand watch at a pawnbroker's, but disdained a chain.

I esteem a pawnbroker in the place of an uncle: that is, in loco.

On turning the corner, Judy had discovered a pawnbroker's shop.

"Yes, they caught him in a pawnbroker's shop," said Mr. Basswood.

A young soldier (it was Charlie Wilkes) came upon Pincher the pawnbroker.

Bart overheard him talking of Stowley and the pawnbroker there.

I come hup jest when the perleeceman and the pawnbroker were a-gripping yer.

Word Value for pawnbrokers
Scrable

21

Words with friends

24

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