mont-de-piété

[ mawnduh-pyey-tey ]

/ mɔ̃də pyeɪˈteɪ /

a public pawnbroking establishment that lends money on reasonable terms, especially to the poor.

Words nearby mont-de-piété

Do not fly to the Mont-de-Piete; it is the ruin of the borrower.

Cousin Betty |Honore de Balzac
You may have noticed that the manager of the mont-de-piete here isn't strong on conventional good looks.

The Man Upstairs |P. G. Wodehouse
Godefroid looked at that snuff-box, wondering it had not been sold or found its way to the mont-de-piete.

The Brotherhood of Consolation |Honore de Balzac
And at the mont-de-piete there occurred a surprising incident.

The Man Upstairs |P. G. Wodehouse

You would say, "What does this young man, so well-dressed, in a mont-de-piete?"

The Man Upstairs |P. G. Wodehouse

mont-de-piété

/ French (mɔ̃dpjete) /

(formerly) a public pawnshop

from Italian monte di pietà bank of pity