The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pawnbroking
Pawnbroking \Pawn"bro`king\, n. The business of a pawnbroker.
Wiktionary
pawnbroking
n. The business of a pawnbroker; advancing loans against pledges of household goods or personal possessions, and selling those pledges that are not redeemed.
Usage examples of "pawnbroking".
Shortly he began to think that this strange and unexpected friendship between himself and the pawnbroking gipsy beauty might develop into something stronger and warmer.
It was a far cry from the wealth of Diamond Lane to a dingy Bowery pawnshop, even though pawnbroking at one per cent.