Meanings
plural pawnies
- slangA pawnbroker.
Could've got something for them at the pawnie, couldn't you?
2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 252 more examples
But a moment's reflection told Donny that a rag-and-bone man or a pawnie wasn't likely simply to fill his backyard with such stuff.
2011, Katie Flynn, Rainbow's EndThe pawnie raised his eyebrows. 'Okay, say fifteen. Anyone stupid enough—'
2011, Stephen King, 11/22/63, New York: Scribner, →ISBN
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pawnie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pawnie
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