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- though he liked to play up his influence with city hall, he was really just another pawn of the political bosses
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- offered her license as a pawn that she would bring back the rental canoe
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of pawn (Entry 3 of 3)
- he pawned his antique watch in order to pay off his gambling debt
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“Pawn.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pawn. Accessed 6 December 2019.
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The first known use of pawn was in the 14th century
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