- "
Gombeen man" is a Hiberno-English term used in
Ireland for a shady, small-time "wheeler-dealer"
businessman who is
always looking to make a
quick and...
- 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...
- 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...
- Animal's mouth/beak (béal =
human mouth)
Gombeen Noun Gaimbín
Money lender, profiteer.
Usually in the
phrase '
Gombeen man'
Guards Noun
Garda Síochána Police...
- for pork
barrel funding for
South Kerry.
Opponents characterise them as
gombeens, and news
media have
criticised them as
populist and
lacking any ideology...
- case.
Second economy of the
Soviet Union Beryozka (Russian
retail store)
Gombeen man Spiv Wide boy
Ticket scalping Romanov, Pavel; Yarskaya-Smirnova, Elena...
-
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...
-
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...
- 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...
- 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...
