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Shy•lock



Pronunciation: (shī'lok), [key]
—n.
1. a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
2. a hard-hearted moneylender.

—v.i.
(l.c.) to lend money at extortionate rates of interest.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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