pawnie

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noun

A pawnbroker.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

nounpawnie (plural pawnies)

plural pawnies

  1. slangA pawnbroker.

    Could've got something for them at the pawnie, couldn't you?

    2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 25
    2 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 End

    The pawnie raised his eyebrows. 'Okay, say fifteen. Anyone stupid enough—'

    2011, Stephen King, 11/22/63, New York: Scribner, →ISBN
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APA

pawnie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pawnie

MLA

“pawnie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pawnie. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pawnie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pawnie.

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