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shylock

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈʃaɪlɑk/Part of speech nounSorted chklosyStarts with SEnds with K0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest

Word origin

From the character Shylock in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (1600).

Used in a sentence

  • Eventually, their gambling debts grow so big that they are cut off from making any more bets, eliminating the chance that they can make enough money to satisfy their shylocks.
  • If a guy got into hock with several shylocks from different crews and was unable to keep up with his weekly payments, a sit-down would have to be called with all of the shylocks involved and their respective capos.
  • After Caspian's father killed his credit lines at all the big casinos, he ran up a six-figure tab with a couple of shylocks in Miami, then couldn't make the vig.

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