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gombeen (iou)



gombeen noun & adjective. Anglo-Irish. M19.
[Irish gaimbin.]
A. noun. Usury. M19.
Comb.: gombeen-man, gombeen-woman a usurer, a moneylender.
b. adjective. Selfishly materialist. M20.
Listener This whirlpool of gombeen capitalism.