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gone to my uncle’s. In dire financial shape, in hock up to the eyes, having pawned everything one has of value. Uncle has meant a pawnbroker for at least five centuries. How and why it got this meaning hasn’t been established, but is perhaps be- cause once upon a time an early pawnbroker, offered unusual or perhaps “hot” items, advised a prospective patron that he had to discuss the matter with his more expert uncle before loaning money on it. See pawnbroker; uncle. |