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Definition of Pawnable
1. a. Capable of being pawned.
Definition of Pawnable
1. Adjective. Suitable for being pawned. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pawnable
1. pawn [adj] - See also: pawn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pawnable
Literary usage of Pawnable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1880)
"He had sold his law books, and panned almost everything pawnable, to bury his
sweetheart's great-uncle, and to relieve her later necessities. ..."
2. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1904)
"Now the State proposes to establish at all post-offices pawn-shops where money
will be advanced on pawnable article* at a reasonable rate of H\\. ..."
3. The Private Journal of Aaron Burr, During His Residence of Four Years in by Aaron Burr (1838)
"I have, however, this evening been making a list of the things vendible and
pawnable, and think I may make out to raise £40, which may clear me out and land ..."
4. Prisoners of Poverty: Women Wage-workers, Their Trades and Their Lives by Helen Campbell (1887)
"The men are chiefly 'longshoremen, working intermittently on the wharves, varying
this occupation by long seasons of drinking, during which every pawnable ..."
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