Associations to the word «Gombeen»

Wiktionary

GOMBEEN, noun. (archaic) Usury.
GOMBEEN, noun. (historical) (Ireland) A moneylender during the Great Famine.
GOMBEEN, noun. (Ireland) (slang) A mean, underhanded, corrupt person. Usually applied to politicians.
GOMBEEN, adjective. (Ireland) Corrupt, underhanded.

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis