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‖ mont de piété|mɔ̃ də pjete| [Fr.] = mount of piety (see mount n.1 5 b).
1854Thackeray Newcomes I. xxviii. 265, I saw his grandeur when I went lately to Strasbourg, on my last pilgrimage to the Mont de Piété. 1890W. Booth In Darkest England ii. vi. 215 There would be no difficulty..of instituting a private Mont de Piété. 1923Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves iv. 43 The idea of—er—pledging the pearls at the local Mont de Pieté was, you will readily understand, repugnant to us. 1967S. Pakenham Sixty Miles from England ii. 31 The Mont de Piété was full of gold earrings, pawned by fishwives, for the price of fish was low. 1969[see hock n.7 b]. |