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shylock

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shy·lock  (shlk) Offensive
n.
A ruthless moneylender; a loan shark.
intr.v. shy·locked, shy·lock·ing, shy·locks
To lend money at exorbitant interest rates.
[After Shylock, the ruthless Jewish usurer in The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare.]
Shylock [ˈʃaɪˌlɒk]
n
(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) a heartless or demanding creditor
[after Shylock, the name of the heartless usurer in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (1596)]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.shylockshylock - someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
loan shark, moneylender, usurer
lender, loaner - someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters
shark - a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest
2.Shylock - a merciless usurer in a play by Shakespeare
Translations
Shylock
n (fig: = mean person) → Geizhals m; (dated: = moneylender) → Wucherer m, → Wucherin f


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So to supply his friend's need Antonio decides to borrow the money, and soon a Jew named Shylock is found who is willing to lend it.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
And I, who had saved and scraped, traded like a Shylock and made junkmen weep; I, who had stood aghast when French Frank, at a single stroke, spent eighty cents for whisky for eight men, I turned myself loose with a more lavish disregard for money than any of them.
John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context
"I really believe," said he, "I could be fool enough at this moment to undertake any character that ever was written, from Shylock or Richard III down to the singing hero of a farce in his scarlet coat and cocked hat.
Mansfield Park by Austen, Jane View in context
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