庶しょ民みん銀ぎん行こう

noun

pawnshop

Jocular slang that literally means 'commoner's bank', likening a pawnshop to a bank for ordinary people. Used humorously or ironically.

See also: 質屋

• 給きゅう料りょう日び前まえに、彼かれはよく庶しょ民みん銀ぎん行こうのお世せ話わになる。

  Before payday, he often resorts to the pawnshop.

• あの店みせは庶しょ民みん銀ぎん行こうと呼よばれているが、実じつは質しち屋やだ。

  That shop is called a 'commoner's bank', but it's actually a pawnshop.