[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pawn \pawn\, n. of. pan pledge, assurance, skirt, piece, f. pan
   skirt, lappet, piece, from l. pannus. see pane.
   1. anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the
      payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. see
      pledge, n., 1.
      1913 webster

            as for mortgaging or pawning, . . . men will not
            take pawns without use i. e., interest. --bacon.
      1913 webster

   2. state of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a
      promise. r.
      1913 webster

            redeem from broking pawn the blemish'd crown.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

            as the morning dew is a pawn of the evening fatness.
                                                  --donne.
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   3. a stake hazarded in a wager. poetic
      1913 webster

            my life i never held but as a pawn
            to wage against thy enemies.          --shak.
      1913 webster

   in pawn, at pawn, in the state of being pledged. "sweet
      wife, my honor is at pawn." --shak.

   pawn shop, a shop where a pawnbroker does business.

   pawn ticket, a receipt given by the pawnbroker for an
      article pledged.
      1913 webster
see also:
pane pledge in pawn at pawn pawn shop pawn ticket 

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