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pawn

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pawn
a chessman of the lowest theoretical value, limited to forward moves of one square at a time with the option of two squares on its initial move: it captures with a diagonal move only


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She can't either pawn or sell Count Luigi's costly Indian dagger.
Nothing shows this difference more clearly than the way in which each will pawn his watch.
Thus it is: My castle and my lands are in pawn for a debt that I owe.
 
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