pawned

Example Sentences

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Pawned it to Wilhelm the Rich—sum not named; and went home to Moravia, there to wait events.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Johnson, Rossiter

"Pawned them?" laughed Vera; "I couldn't get anything on them!"

From Vera, the Medium by Davis, Richard Harding

And on the wager lay two earthly women, And Portia one, there must be something else Pawned with the other; for the poor rude world Hath not her fellow.

From Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)

"Pawned shotgun, tennis racket, some fishing tackle and golf clubs."

From Kenny by Nuyttens, Joseph Pierre

Pawned a shirt and apron for a shilling; spent that, too.

From In Darkest England and the Way Out by Booth, William