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mont-de-piété
[ mawnduh-pyey-tey ]
noun
- a public pawnbroking establishment that lends money on reasonable terms, especially to people with low incomes.
mont-de-piété
/ mɔ̃dpjete /
noun
- (formerly) a public pawnshop
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mont-de-piété1
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Example Sentences
Juste lent Marcas two hundred francs in gold, the product of two watches bought on credit, and pawned at the Mont-de-Piete.
He would smooth the way for the good mother, leaving some of her jewels at the Mont-de-Piete.
Ruth's connexion with the mont-de-piete had come about almost automatically.
And at the mont-de-piete there occurred a surprising incident.
You would say, "What does this young man, so well-dressed, in a mont-de-piete?"
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