Pawnbroker

The first, whether from a friend or from a pawnbroker, is extremely distasteful; the second provides, for some people, a certain masochistic kick; the third is definitely enjoyable, but can seldom be done in a hurry. ❋ Unknown (1938)

And the sneering that accompanies every use of the word pawnbroker is palpable. ❋ Lou (2010)

The pawnbroker was a gentleman of Jewish persuasion, and possessed a nose like the beak of an eagle. ❋ George Thompson (N/A)

I come hup jest when the perleeceman and the pawnbroker were a-gripping yer. ❋ L. T. Meade (1884)

The safekeeping of property given to the pawnbroker is the pawnbroker's responsibility; ❋ Unknown (2010)

In less than a week, Cohen went from being a no-name pawnbroker running for state office to winning the Democratic lieutenant governor primary to defending himself from serious accusations of domestic battery. ❋ Unknown (2010)

His first thought was that Lady Mallinger, who had a strictly Protestant taste for such Catholic spoils, might like to have these missal-clasps turned into a bracelet: then his eyes traveled over the other contents of the window, and he saw that the shop was that kind of pawnbroker's where the lead is given to jewelry, lace and all equivocal objects introduced as _bric-à - brac_. ❋ George Eliot (1849)

Mo's ultimate destination is the home of his girlfriend Jill (Stacey Travis), but first he visits Alvy (Mark Northover), a kind of pawnbroker to whom Mo wants to sell various odds and ends "borrowed" from work. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Pawnbroker (1964) - Haunted by his experiences in a Nazi concentration camp, which his wife and family did not survive, Jewish pawnbroker Sol Nazerman (Rod Steiger) is an emotional fortress impervious to the world around him. ❋ John Farr (2010)

While the typical cost of paying off a £100 loan over 12 months was £112 if taken from a credit union, this rose to £142 for a pawnbroker and £173 for a rent-to-own loan. ❋ Unknown (2011)

He'll play Glen Fogle, a local pawnbroker and modern-day Fagin who sells stolen goods and pays his band of thieves with Oxycontin. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Immediately after first reading Clarissa, a young Miss Frances Grainger, the daughter of Richardson's neighbor, the pawnbroker Thomas Grainger, wrote to the author the final volume was published on December 6, 1748; Richardson's initial reply to Miss Grainger is dated the 20th of that month, and a lively correspondence sprang up. ❋ Carolyn Vega (2011)

CHILD 1: "[My uncle] is [a brain] surgen." CHILD 2: "[O YEAH]! My uncle is a pawnbroker!" ❋ Pawnshopprincess (2007)

Did you hear that [Ted] [Kenyon] totally pawnbrokered [his girlfriend]? ❋ Ted Kenyon (2006)

1)...me... 2)[Grant], The pawnbroker [pwned] your [sorry ass]... ❋ Kyle Gay (2005)

[Man], it's colder than a pawnbroker's balls. All [three] of ['em]. ❋ Cap'n Bullmoose (2005)

Mike has [pawnbroker's syndrome]. [That's why] the [vasectomy] didn't take. ❋ The Pawnbroker (2010)