Both Uses
pawn shop
in
The Piano Lesson
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- I thought you took that suit to the pawnshop?†
Scene 2.1 *pawnshop = a shop that offers loans to individuals who use their personal property as collateral
- DOAKER: They got another pawnshop up on Wylie.†
Scene 2.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(pawn shop) a shop that either offers loans to individuals who use their personal property as collateral, or that purchases the personal property outrightAt 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)