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pawnnoun1 one that is or can be used to further the purposes of anotherthough he liked to play up his influence with city hall, he was really just another pawn of the political bosses cat's-paw, instrument, lay figure, puppet, tool chump, dupe, foil, gull, sucker, victimminion, stoogelap dog, yes-man pawnnoun2something given or held to assure that the giver will keep a promiseoffered her license as a pawn that she would bring back the rental canoe gage, guarantee, guaranty, pledge, security bail, bonddeposit, down payment, earnest, handselsurety, warrantyassurance, oath, promise, troth, wordcommitment, compact, contract, covenantrecognizance pawnverbto leave as a guarantee of repayment of a loanhe pawned his antique watch in order to pay off his gambling debt hock, pledge deposit, mortgagebond buy (back), redeem, win (back) in the 14th century |