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shylocks

shylocks is the plural of shylock.

shylocks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shylock.

Meaning of shylock

Noun

shylock (plural shylocks)

  1. (US, figuratively, offensive) A loan shark; a usurer.
    • 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.2005, Joe Pistone, The Way of the Wiseguy, page 45
  2. (ethnic, offensive, slur) A person of Jewish descent.
    Synonyms:
    heeb, Hymie, kike, sheeny

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Noun capitalized: Shylocks

Shylocks

  1. (plural) plural of Shylock

Questions about shylocks

What is shylocks the plural of?
Shylocks is the plural of shylock.
What part of speech is shylocks?
Shylocks is a noun.

Words near shylocks in the dictionary

  1. Shyla
  2. shylock
  3. shylocked
  4. Shylockian
  5. shylocking
  6. shylocks
  7. shyly
  8. Shymkent
  9. shyness
  10. shynesses
  11. shypoke

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