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
A pawnbroker is an individual person or shop which offers secured loans against people's personal possessions - most often items like electronics or jewellery.
From BBC • May 13, 2022
As Birmingham asks, “Why not peer over Raskolnikov’s shoulder while he’s face-to-face with the stupid, deaf, sick, greedy pawnbroker, waiting for his moment?”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2021
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
Nali waited in front of the pawnbroker, who was examining all the jewelry she had brought.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
