Definition of gombeen in English:

gombeen

noun ɡɒmˈbiːn

Irish

mass noun, as modifier Involved in the lending of money at unreasonably high interest rates.
a gombeen man
Example sentencesExamples
- So when the business elite dips into their well padded pockets to fund our dominant political parties for their next election campaign, they can pride themselves on a job already well done, for they have chosen their gombeen men well.
- Our natural resources have been signed over to them by our untrustworthy gombeen men - the so-called politicians.
- However, the most dismaying thing about this development is the lack of outright uproar and outrage, because it seems that yet another once-in-a-lifetime opportunity will end up as a botched job, for the sake of gombeen politics gone mad.
- ‘We should try not to think in old-fashioned ways that have more to do with gombeen days,’ he said.
- He is out of kilter with the traditional fix-it gombeen politics.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Irish gaimbín, perhaps from the same Celtic source as medieval Latin cambire 'to change'.

Rhymes

Aberdeen, Amin, aquamarine, baleen, bean, been, beguine, Benin, between, canteen, careen, Claudine, clean, contravene, convene, cuisine, dean, Dene, e'en, eighteen, fascine, fedayeen, fifteen, figurine, foreseen, fourteen, Francine, gean, gene, glean, green, Greene, Halloween, intervene, Janine, Jean, Jeannine, Jolene, Kean, keen, Keene, Ladin, langoustine, latrine, lean, limousine, machine, Maclean, magazine, Malines, margarine, marine, Mascarene, Massine, Maxine, mean, Medellín, mesne, mien, Moline, moreen, mujahedin, Nadine, nankeen, Nazarene, Nene, nineteen, nougatine, obscene, palanquin, peen, poteen, preen, quean, Rabin, Racine, ramin, ravine, routine, Sabine, saltine, sardine, sarin, sateen, scene, screen, seen, serene, seventeen, shagreen, shebeen, sheen, sixteen, spleen, spring-clean, squireen, Steen, submarine, supervene, tambourine, tangerine, teen, terrine, thirteen, transmarine, treen, tureen, Tyrrhene, ultramarine, umpteen, velveteen, wean, ween, Wheen, yean

单词	gombeen
释义	Definition of gombeen in English: gombeen noun ɡɒmˈbiːn Irish mass noun, as modifier Involved in the lending of money at unreasonably high interest rates. a gombeen man Example sentencesExamples So when the business elite dips into their well padded pockets to fund our dominant political parties for their next election campaign, they can pride themselves on a job already well done, for they have chosen their gombeen men well. Our natural resources have been signed over to them by our untrustworthy gombeen men - the so-called politicians. However, the most dismaying thing about this development is the lack of outright uproar and outrage, because it seems that yet another once-in-a-lifetime opportunity will end up as a botched job, for the sake of gombeen politics gone mad. ‘We should try not to think in old-fashioned ways that have more to do with gombeen days,’ he said. He is out of kilter with the traditional fix-it gombeen politics. Origin Mid 19th century: from Irish gaimbín, perhaps from the same Celtic source as medieval Latin cambire 'to change'. Rhymes Aberdeen, Amin, aquamarine, baleen, bean, been, beguine, Benin, between, canteen, careen, Claudine, clean, contravene, convene, cuisine, dean, Dene, e'en, eighteen, fascine, fedayeen, fifteen, figurine, foreseen, fourteen, Francine, gean, gene, glean, green, Greene, Halloween, intervene, Janine, Jean, Jeannine, Jolene, Kean, keen, Keene, Ladin, langoustine, latrine, lean, limousine, machine, Maclean, magazine, Malines, margarine, marine, Mascarene, Massine, Maxine, mean, Medellín, mesne, mien, Moline, moreen, mujahedin, Nadine, nankeen, Nazarene, Nene, nineteen, nougatine, obscene, palanquin, peen, poteen, preen, quean, Rabin, Racine, ramin, ravine, routine, Sabine, saltine, sardine, sarin, sateen, scene, screen, seen, serene, seventeen, shagreen, shebeen, sheen, sixteen, spleen, spring-clean, squireen, Steen, submarine, supervene, tambourine, tangerine, teen, terrine, thirteen, transmarine, treen, tureen, Tyrrhene, ultramarine, umpteen, velveteen, wean, ween, Wheen, yean
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