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Shylock
Shylock
proper n
poss. < Hebrew
Shiloh
, place in Palestine <
asher-lo
'whose right it is'.
Extortioner; blackmailer; loan shark; moneylender in Shakespeare's
Merchant of Venice
; merciless usurer who charges disproportionate interest.