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ˈpawnˌbroking, vbl. n.
[f. prec.: see -ing1. Cf. broaking pawne in Shakes. Rich. II, ii. i. 293, broking vbl. n. 3.]
The action or business of a pawnbroker; the occupation of lending money on the security of articles pawned.
1811W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. XXXI. 6 Pawnbroking is regulated by law. 1875T. A. Trollope Diamond cut Diamond (1876) 338 There is always an especial run on the Government pawn-broking establishment. 1884Horner Florence (ed. 2) I. App. 566 The Monti di Pietà..were rather pawnbroking carried on by the Municipality.
So ˈpawnˌbroking ppl. a., that carries on the business of a pawnbroker.
1765Foote Commissary i. Wks. 1799 II. 7 That canting, couzening, money-lending, match-making, pawnbroking—. |