All 6 Uses

pawn shop
in
In Cold Blood
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From there, after purchasing by check a diamond engagement ring and diamond wedding band, they drove to a pawnshop to dispose of these items.†
Chpt 2 *

pawnshop = a shop that offers loans to individuals who use their personal property as collateral
A check of the pawnshop-ticket files failed to reflect any information about the missing radio.†
Chpt 3
The detective handling the pawnshop detail took photographs of Smith and Hickock to each of the pawnshops in town and also made a personal check of each shop for the radio.†
Chpt 3
The detective handling the pawnshop detail took photographs of Smith and Hickock to each of the pawnshops in town and also made a personal check of each shop for the radio.†
Chpt 3

pawnshops = shops that offer loans to individuals who use their personal property as collateral
These pawnshops made an identification of Smith as being familiar, but were unable to furnish any further information.†
Chpt 3
Among the elements contributing to Dewey's confidence was the recovery of the radio and pair of binoculars the murderers had stolen from the Clutter house and subsequently disposed of in Mexico City (where, having flown there for the purpose, K.B.I. Agent Harold Nye traced them to a pawnshop).†
Chpt 4

pawnshop = a shop that offers loans to individuals who use their personal property as collateral

Definitions:

(1) (pawn shop)
a shop that either offers loans to individuals who use their personal property as collateral, or that purchases the personal property outright

At a pawn shop, collateral refers to personal property of the borrower that that is left at the pawn shop. If the loan isn't repaid with interest, the pawn shop keeps (the property an sells it to someone else. Otherwise, the property is returned to the borrower.
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)