pawnbroking
/pawn-broh-king/US // ˈpɔnˌbroʊ kɪŋ //
典当业,典当行,典当业务,当铺
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the business of a pawnbroker.
Examples
Grissy—he's my friend—Grissy says pawnbroking is only a more vulgar form of banking.
She is the daughter of a second-hand bookseller called Norman, and I believe he combines selling books with pawnbroking.
Bart sold those, but from all accounts he was a Shylock when dealing, after seven o'clock, in the pawnbroking way.
The pawnbroking expression was remarkably apparent for a moment in Mrs. Wolfstein's eyes.
And I am not certain that pawnbroking in England is not as bad a business as drink-selling.
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