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- noun Plural form of
shylock . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
shylock .
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Examples
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And Venice's economy falls into tatters because no one was willing to live frugally enough to amass enough money or skills to become a money lender after all the shylocks left.
Shylock Was Robbed, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Well, the shylocks got what they wanted, and then some.
The Tail Section » TV Guide Interviews Harold Perrineau 2008
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The game is presented as a wholesome all American clean game on hard courts which are simply pawns to the shylocks of this world who do not even provide anything apart from eventual heartbreak, much less a workable education to truly fall back on.
Alex D'Andrea: Children and Sports Academies Alex D'Andrea 2010
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The game is presented as a wholesome all American clean game on hard courts which are simply pawns to the shylocks of this world who do not even provide anything apart from eventual heartbreak, much less a workable education to truly fall back on.
Alex D'Andrea: Children and Sports Academies Alex D 2010
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Question his support of the bankster heist & request for more billions to come for these shylocks who have looted our teasury and our pensions.
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The shylocks running that network should be extinguished.
NBC announces midseason schedule -- The Live Feed | THR 2008
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These corporate shylocks and their government leg breakers make the disreputable symbiosis between Rome's tax farmers and its legions pale in comparison.
Ave Atque Vale 2007
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The twenty grand Jericho Johnny had borrowed from the shylocks, at a point and a half a week, was eating him alive.
Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set James Lee Burke 2002
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I told him the shylocks owe me a favor and I could get them to give him two free months on the vig if he could get the principal together.
Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set James Lee Burke 2002
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I told him the deal with the shylocks was still solid—no vig for two months.
Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set James Lee Burke 2002
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