pawn ticket

a receipt given for goods left with a pawnbroker.

Origin of pawn ticket

First recorded in 1855–60

paw, pawky, pawl, pawn, pawn off, pawn ticket, pawnage, pawnbroker, pawnbroking, pawnee, pawnshop

Jobst, though he had made over his pawn-ticket, claimed to be Elector of Brandenburg; and voted for Himself.

History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol, II. (of XXI.) |Thomas Carlyle
Of course, Jim had not intended to get the young greenhorn into any trouble when he had sold him the pawn-ticket.

McAllister and His Double |Arthur Train
It was a French pawn-ticket for a pledged watch, dated the previous night.

The Lightning Conductor |C. N. Williamson
I absently poked it up with a paper-knife, and then found that it was a pawn-ticket from Attenborough for 120 upon diamonds.

Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 |Augustus J. C. Hare

He put back his pawn-ticket, and did not try to produce any other credentials.

Imaginary Interviews |W. D. Howells

pawn ticket

a receipt for goods pawned