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61pawn off as — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms pawn off as : present tense I/you/we/they pawn off as he/she/it pawns off as present participle pawning off as past tense pawned off as past participle pawned off as informal to pretend that someone or… …
62pawn off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms pawn off : he/she/it pawns off present participle pawning off past tense pawned off past participle pawned off informal to persuade someone to buy or accept something that you do not want, especially something …
63Pawn broker — Broker Bro ker (br[=o] k[ e]r), n. [OE. brocour, from a word akin to broken, bruken, to use, enjoy, possess, digest, fr. AS. br[=u]can to use, enjoy; cf. Fries. broker, F. brocanteur. See {Brook}, v. t.] 1. One who transacts business for another; …
64pawn off — verb To get rid of (something or someone unwanted) by transferring it to another. LeMaster was dealt to the even lowlier Pittsburgh Pirates for a minor league pitcher. The Indians were so anxious to pawn him off on the Pirates that the club even… …
65pawn ticket — /pɔ:n tɪkɪt/ noun a receipt given by the pawnbroker for an object left in pawn …
66pawn someone/something off — pass off someone or something unwanted newly industrialized economies are racing to pawn off old processes on poorer countries …
67pawn — I. noun Etymology: Middle English pown, from Anglo French peoun, paun, from Medieval Latin pedon , pedo foot soldier, from Latin ped , pes foot more at foot Date: 14th century 1. one of the chessmen of least value having the power to move only… …
68pawn — Mutant of Paramecium that, like the chess piece, can only move forward and is unable to reverse to escape noxious stimuli. Defect is apparently in the voltage sensitive calcium channel of the ciliary membrane …
69pawn — pÉ”Ën n. pledge, mortgage; security; game piece (Chess); plaything v. mortgage, hock; endanger, put at risk; gamble, wager …
70pawn n — pawnshop n …
