| 1 | He had no way to redeem his furniture out of pawn. | |
| 2 | The unemployed reporter pawned his typewriter to pay the rent. | |
| 3 | He can't even remember how many times he visited a pawnshop. | |
| 4 | A string of failed business ventures frequently left him in hock to his creditors. | |
| 5 | She was an old, garrulous woman, a pawnbroker's widow, who collected used stamps for some pious purpose. |