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gombeen-man

[gom-been-man]

noun

Irish English.

plural

gombeen-men 

  1. a usurer or moneylender.

gombeen-man

/ ˈɡɒmbiːnˌmæn /

noun

  1. a shopkeeper who practises usury

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Word History and Origins

Origin of gombeen-man1

First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences

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The lark shall never come to say To a gombeen-man, "Good day," And the lark shall never cry To a kindly man, "Good-bye."

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See the greedy gombeen-man Taking everything he can From man and woman, dog and cat— And the lark does not like that.

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