pawnshop

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The second of Grossman’s fairy-tale-inspired romances set among Jewish families in Regency London finds the saucy scion of a disgraced family falling for a raven-haired criminal pawnshop owner.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2024

“Without having a rigorous, effective enforcement, nothing’s going to happen,” said Tony DeMarco, a pawnshop owner and president of the Whittier Boulevard Merchants Assn., which opposed the ordinance.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2024

Instead, I drove to a pawnshop in White Center, purchased an old Discman and plugged it into the adapter.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023

In 1998, he decided to try DJing professionally and went to the pawnshop to buy better equipment.

From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2022

“It was no longer yours—it belonged to the pawnshop owner.”

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone