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gombeen

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/ɡɒmˈbiːn/ English

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noun

  1. Usury.
  2. A moneylender during the Great Famine.
  3. A mean, underhanded, corrupt person. Usually applied to politicians.

adjective

  1. Corrupt, underhanded.“They were talking gombeen politics.”

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