in debt They lose all power of choice all right of remonstrance and all liberty of action so long as they are in debt to the gombeen man Nobody who wants to be anything elective can speak with too much respect of the gombeenman He is the curse and the vampire of the countryside-A history of the Irish Parliamentary party ..., Volume 2
By Frank Hugh O'Donnell
Friday, March 9, 2012
Gg: Gambeenman
definitionthe bankers who loan money to people that can not pay it back, and thus act like "vampires of the countryside."Cocktail Party banterI'm in debt to a gombeenmanLiterary Context
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