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92 lines
4.3 KiB
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{
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"pawn":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": hostage":[],
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": one of the chessmen of least value having the power to move only forward ordinarily one square at a time, to capture only diagonally forward, and to be promoted to any piece except a king upon reaching the eighth rank":[],
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": one that can be used to further the purposes of another":[],
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": something delivered to or deposited with another as security for a loan":[],
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": something used as a pledge : guaranty":[],
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": the act of pawning":[],
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": the state of being pledged":[],
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": to deposit in pledge or as security especially in exchange for money":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"She was forced to pawn her diamond ring.",
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"he pawned his antique watch in order to pay off his gambling debt"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"circa 1566, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English paun , from Middle French dialect (Walloon, Flanders) pan":"Noun",
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"Middle English pown , from Anglo-French peoun, paun , from Medieval Latin pedon-, pedo foot soldier, from Latin ped-, pes foot \u2014 more at foot":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u022fn",
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"\u02c8p\u00e4n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"hock",
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"pledge"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213554",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"transitive verb",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"pawnbroker":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": one who lends money in exchange for personal property that can be sold if the loan is not repaid by a certain time":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u00e4n-",
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"\u02c8p\u022fn-\u02ccbr\u014d-k\u0259r"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"He was desperate for money so he hocked his watch to a pawnbroker .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"For example, if someone builds a firearm at home and then sells it to a pawnbroker or another licensed dealer, that dealer must add a serial number to the weapon before selling it to a customer. \u2014 Michael Collins, USA TODAY , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"The first hardware man, dealer in fancy articles, clerk in a department store, or pawnbroker would have sold me a revolver and asked no questions. \u2014 Ian Buruma, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022",
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"The woman, Elizabeth Daniels, was arrested and charged with several crimes, including theft from an at-risk person and providing a false statement to a pawnbroker , according to police records. \u2014 Clare Ansberry, WSJ , 28 Dec. 2021",
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"Raskolnikov, a haughty and penniless student flitting about the slums of St. Petersburg, brutally murders a nasty old lady\u2014a pawnbroker \u2014and her blameless, just-happened-to-be-there sister. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 19 Oct. 2021",
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"In practice, according to the California attorney general\u2019s office, this means any loan from a bank, savings and loan, credit union, finance corporation or even a pawnbroker is exempt from the usury law. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 July 2021",
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"The pawnbroker provided replicas of the gun used in the shooting and Pinkston traced the rifle to Klein\u2019s Sporting Goods in Chicago. \u2014 Meagan Hurley, Dallas News , 15 Apr. 2021",
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"In killing the old miserly pawnbroker for money, Raskolnikov seeks to purchase his freedom from an existence of degradation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Jan. 2021",
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"Financial and insurance institutions: Bank, currency exchanges, consumer lenders, credit unions, title companies, financial markets, payday lenders and pawnbrokers . \u2014 John Fay, Cincinnati.com , 22 Mar. 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1658, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-141600"
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},
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"pawnbrokerage":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": pawnbroking":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-024653"
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}
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} |