pawnshop

Example Sentences

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“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

Chihuly’s work doesn’t stay in Harrison’s pawnshop for long.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 25, 2022

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

From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2022

His father bought him a $50 violin from a pawnshop, and he supported himself in college playing weekend gigs in Laredo.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2022

A beat-up-looking electric guitar in the window of the pawnshop next door caught my eye.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx