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Do you think it might have been a misspelling of "gombeen"? Dredging up my Irish ancestry and the little I've learned about it, this is an Irish word which I think means lending at exorbitant interest rates, but for which the meaning has moved to anyone who rips you off. The "gombeen man" is/was the rent-collector, I believe. Gombeen is/was used as an epithet, although not, as far as I'm aware, as a substitute for the 'f' word. The Irish are very good at using that, too. Really, really good emphasis!
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Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Gobeen Father Steve 12/31/00 07:40 AM Re: Gobeen Capital Kiwi 12/31/00 08:27 AM Gombeen TEd Remington 01/01/01 11:31 AM Re: Gombeen of troy 01/02/01 03:06 PM Re: Gombeen Max Quordlepleen 01/02/01 07:42 PM Grimm philologists xara 01/02/01 08:50 PM Re: Grimm philologists belMarduk 01/03/01 02:57 AM Re: Gombeen NicholasW 01/03/01 08:30 AM Re: Gobeen/gombeen wow 12/31/00 02:34 PM
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