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On Valentine’s Day, Brown bought a second gun, a Glock 17 with a case, three magazines, and a lock, for $742 at a pawnshop.
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Jonathon Sturgeon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
No one knows better than a pawnshop owner how little value has to do with worth.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
People wait in line outside the door to this simple Tokyo ramen shop, but upon entering some find, instead, a pawnshop like no other.
—The Know, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2025
Gift of mobility: Phil Pavone, a pawnshop owner in Norwich, Connecticut, has given away hundreds of electric wheelchairs since 2009.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
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Jonathon Sturgeon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
No one knows better than a pawnshop owner how little value has to do with worth.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
People wait in line outside the door to this simple Tokyo ramen shop, but upon entering some find, instead, a pawnshop like no other.
—The Know, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2025
Gift of mobility: Phil Pavone, a pawnshop owner in Norwich, Connecticut, has given away hundreds of electric wheelchairs since 2009.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Pawnshop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pawnshop. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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pawnshop
noun
pawn·shop
ˈpȯn-ˌshäp 
ˈpän-
: a pawnbroker's shop
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