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Word of the Day
gombeen
- (noun) Usury, or the practice of lending money at interest, or of taking interest for money lent; specifically, and now almost exclusively, the practice of taking exorbitant or excessive interest; the taking of extortionate interest from the needy or extravagant.
- (noun) A fool or idiot.
'Gombeen' comes from the Irish Gaelic 'gamba,' smidgen, lump.
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