pawn
111in pawn — ► left with a pawnbroker (= someone who lends money in exchange for valuable possessions): »If a pawn shop loans $50 on a gold necklace, they might charge $5 to keep the necklace in pawn for each month. Main Entry: ↑pawn …
112in pawn — (of an object) held as security by a pawnbroker all our money was gone and everything was in pawn * * * in pawn idiom if sth is in pawn, it has been pawned • All her jewellery was in pawn. Main entry: ↑pawnidiom …
113out of pawn — ► no longer with a pawnbroker (= someone who lends money in exchange for valuable possessions): »She had pawned the ring, and couldn t get it out of pawn until the Saturday. Main Entry: ↑pawn …
114passed pawn — noun Date: 1797 a chess pawn that has no enemy pawn in front of it on its own or an adjacent file …
115king's-pawn openings — /kingz pawn /, (used with a sing. v.) a class of chess openings in which the pawn in front of the king is advanced two squares on the first move. * * * …
116passed pawn — Chess. a pawn with no opposing pawn either on an adjacent file or on its own file. [1790 1800] * * * …
117queen's-pawn openings — /kweenz pawn /, (used with a sing. v.) a class of chess openings in which the pawn in front of the queen is advanced two squares on the first move. * * * …
118Only a Pawn in Their Game — Chanson par Bob Dylan extrait de l’album The Times They Are a Changin Sortie 13 janvier 1964 Enregistrement 7 août 1963 Durée 3:33 Genre …
119passed pawn — noun Chess a pawn that no enemy pawn can stop from queening …
120capped pawn — noun : a chess handicap in which a player undertakes to give checkmate with a specified pawn * * * Chess. a pawn that has been singled out or marked by a strong player as the one with which he or she intends to effect checkmate in giving a weaker …
