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- "Gombeen man" is a pejorative Hiberno-English term used in Ireland for a shady, small-time "wheeler-dealer" businessman or politician who is always looking...
- The Death Doom of the Double Born" 1887 The Theatre Annual (London) "The Gombeen Man" 1889–1890 The People (London) Chapter 3 of The Snake's P**** "Gibbet...
- case. Second economy of the Soviet Union Beryozka (Russian retail store) Gombeen man Spiv Wide boy Ticket scalping Pavel Romanov, Elena Yarskaya-Smirnova...
- Animal's mouth/beak (béal = human mouth) Gombeen Noun Gaimbín Money lender, profiteer. Usually in the phrase 'Gombeen man' Guards Noun Garda Síochána Police...
- do****entary The Mayfair Set is titled 'Entrepreneur Spelt S.P.I.V.' ****sovka Gombeen man Wide boy Peter Wollen (2002) Paris Hollywood - Writings on Film pp185–6...
- politically sensitive issues, such as a politician's acceptance of bribes. Gombeenism refers to an individual who is dishonest and corrupt for the purpose of...
- between kulaks and a youth who introduces a tractor to a Ukrainian village. Gombeen man Landlord Land tenure Ural-Siberian method Yeoman Omarov, Vahid (November...
- It[clarification needed] is more often[how often?] applied with the term Gombeenism which refers to an underhanded shady individual who is interested in making...
- O’Flaherty's expressionist Galway novel The House of Gold which took to task the gombeen men who seized power in the Irish Free State following independence. The...
- the release of The Snake's P****, Stoker published chapter three, "The Gombeen Man", as a short story in The People. It was later incorporated into the...