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Definition of Pawnshops
1. pawnshop [n] - See also: pawnshop
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pawnshops
Literary usage of Pawnshops
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Things Chinese: Or, Notes Connected with China by James Dyer Ball (1904)
"... the objects which first attract the attention of the stranger, who naturally
is surprised when informed that they are not fortifications but pawnshops. ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Government by Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin, Albert Bushnell Hart (1914)
"pawnshops, MUNICIPAL. Municipal pawnshops date back several centuries. Nur-
cmU'rg, a Bavarian town, claims to have introduced them into Germany in 1498. ..."
3. The German Workman: A Study in National Efficiency by William Harbutt Dawson (1906)
"While, however, municipal pawnshops have never yet been introduced in our midst,
indirect and far-going protection is afforded by statute to their ..."
4. Municipal Life and Government in Germany by William Harbutt Dawson (1914)
"... man's lawyer—Municipal pawnshops— Miscellaneous welfare work. THE admirable
reports in which German municipalities review their administrative work from ..."
5. John Chinaman at Home: Sketches of Men, Manners and Things in China by Edward John Hardy (1905)
"... CHAPTER m CANTON A proposal of marriage—pawnshops—" Mr. Marco Polo "—" Doctor
temples ... pawnshops ..."
6. China: A History of the Laws, Manners, and Customs of the People by John Henry Gray (1878)
"pawnshops. PAWNBROKERS form a numerous class, and there are a great many pawnshops.
Probably in no country in the world is the trade of lending money on ..."
7. The Long White Mountian: Or, A Journey in Manchuria, with Some Account of by Henry Evan Murchison James (1888)
"... pawnshops — Signposts—Roads—Fertile soil— Crops—Contrast between Indian ryots
and Chinese—Varieties of millet —Uses of great millet—Small millet—Good ..."
8. The Long White Mountan: Or, A Journey in Manchuria, with Some Account of the by Henry Evan Murchison James (1888)
"... —pawnshops — Signposts—Roads—Fertile soil— Crops—Contrast between Indian ryots
and Chinese—Varieties of millet —Uses of great millet—Small millet—Good ..."
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