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pawnee

nounattested in dialogue

One or to whom a pledge is delivered as security one who takes anything in pawn.

noun

  1. 1

    One or to whom a pledge is delivered as security one who takes anything in pawn.

Etymology

From pawn + -ee.

Forms

plural
pawnees
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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