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Meanings of gombeen man in English
We have no meanings for "gombeen man" in our records yet.
Usage of gombeen man in English
1
There was doubt on the faces of those tied to the gombeen man.
2
Ireland offers opposition in the person of the ' gombeen man.'
3
The gombeen man refuses accounts to everyone but the priest, magistrate, doctor and teacher.
4
Why, the village gombeen man has done more than that!
5
They vary in wealth and position from the humblest ' gombeen man' to the millionaire banker.
6
But the gombeen man presented him with a bill for twenty-one shillings and three pence.
7
His father had confided to him that they were in great debt to the gombeen man.
8
The reign of the gombeen man is over.
9
Dungloe men wanted to fish, but the gombeen man would never lend money to promote industry.
10
But the gombeen man wasn't "taking it lying down."
11
And the gombeen man got done.
12
The funeral of the gombeen man.
13
God's mercy on the gombeen man.
14
Poor mercy on the gombeen man.
15
When Paddy became the political rival of the gombeen man for the county council, there was a joint debate.
16
The Sunday Times had published an article about him in its British editions entitled "Goodbye gombeen man".
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Gombeen man across language varieties
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