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Pawn

Pawn most often refers to:Pawn (chess), the weakest and most numerous chess piece in the game Pawnbroker or pawnshop, a business that provides loans by taking personal property as collateral

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Pawn most often refers to:

  • Pawn (chess), the weakest and most numerous chess piece in the game
  • Pawnbroker or pawnshop, a business that provides loans by taking personal property as collateral

Pawn or The Pawn may also refer to:

Places

Arts, entertainment, and media

Other uses

  • Pawnship, debt bondage slavery
  • Pawn, another name for a pledge in certain jurisdictions
  • Pawn, a token or game piece in board and video games

People with the surname

  • Doris Pawn (1894–1988), an American actress of the silent film era
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