pawnbroker

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You can always head to your local pawnbroker or a merchant who specializes in coins or precious metals.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 31, 2025

Because of these limits, banks kept interest rates between 6 and 12 percent and didn’t do much business with the poor, who in a pinch took their valuables to the pawnbroker or the loan shark.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2023

The customer and pawnbroker agree an amount that can be loaned against the item and how much interest will be charged on the loan.

From BBC • May 13, 2022

And yet, Raskolnikov remains confused about his own motives: Does he kill the old pawnbroker to appropriate her valuables for himself or for others?

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2021

Then the pawnbroker looked at the four rugs, carefully inspecting the designs and weaving.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young