gombeen การใช้

• Murdock's nickname of the town is the " Gombeen man, " which can be described as a shady, business man.
• More generally, " gombeen " is now an adjective referring to all kinds of underhand or corrupt activities and to the mindset possessed by those engaged in such activities.
• The despised image of the gombeen as an usurious predator on the poor was immortalized in the poem " "'The Gombeen Man "'" by Irish poet Joseph Campbell:
• The despised image of the gombeen as an usurious predator on the poor was immortalized in the poem " "'The Gombeen Man "'" by Irish poet Joseph Campbell:
• While the phrase " gombeen man " is almost always intended without any religious or ethnic context, it can be applied in relation to other groups such as, in this instance, a Jewish man:
• This excerpt is from " The Crock of Gold, " by James Stephens : " . . . the women were true to their own doctrines and refused to part with information to any persons saving only those of high rank, such as policemen, gombeen men, and district and county councillors; but even to these they charged high prices for their information, and a bonus on any gains which accrued through the following of their advices ."