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gombeennoun
Usury.
gombeennoun
A moneylender during the Famine.
gombeennoun
A mean, underhanded, corrupt person. Usually applied to politicians.
gombeenadjective
Corrupt, Underhanded.
They were talking gombeen politics.
Etymology: From gaimbín.
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gombeen
A gombeen man is a pejorative Hiberno-English term used in Ireland for a shady, small-time "wheeler-dealer" businessman or politician who is always looking to make a quick profit, often at someone else's expense or through the acceptance of bribes. Its origin is the Irish word "gaimbín", meaning monetary interest. The term referred originally to a money-lender and became associated with those shopkeepers and merchants who exploited the starving during the Irish Famine by selling much-needed food and goods on credit at ruinous interest rates.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of gombeen in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of gombeen in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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