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Word: Gombeen
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: from Irish gaimbín, perhaps from the same Celtic source as medieval Latin cambire ‘to change’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɡɒmˈbiːn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
involved in the lending of money at unreasonably high interest rates
Short Definition:involved in lending of money at unreasonably high interest rates
Examples:- a gombeen man
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