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A moneylender during the Famine

It was said by some that he had been a moneylender back in Ireland; a ‘gombeen’ in their slang: a hated figure.

Usury
A fool or idiot
Stupid

They were talking gombeen politics.

{i} usury, lending money at a high interest rate
A moneylender
gombeen man
money lender who provides loans at exorbitant interest rates
gombeen

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    gom·been

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    Этимология

    () From Irish gaimbín (“usury”).
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