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Merchant of Venice, The

noun

  1. a comedy (1596?) by Shakespeare.


The Merchant of Venice

  1. A comedy by William Shakespeare . The most memorable character is Shylock , a greedy moneylender who demands from the title character “a pound of flesh ” (see also pound of flesh ) as payment for a debt .

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