Definition of Shylocks

1. Noun. (plural of shylock) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of shylock) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shylocks

1. shylock [v] - See also: shylock

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shylocks

shy bairns get noot
shy bairns get nowt
shy bladder
shy bladders
shy person
shye
shyer
shyers
shyest
shying
shying away
shying away from
shyish
shylocked
shylocking
shylocks (current term)
shyly
shyness
shynesses
shyster
shysterish
shysterism
shysters
siRNA
siRNAs
si op. sit
si quis
siaga
sial
sial-

Literary usage of Shylocks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Life in Canada by Thomas Conant (1903)
"... instance—A travelling dealer turns farmer—Instance of a thriving Scotsman—The way to meet trouble—The fate of shylocks and their descendants. ..."

2. Dunne: Judge, Mayor, Governor by Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne, William Larkin Sullivan (1916)
"... ORES ABUSES OF THE shylocks. STATEMENT TO THE PUBLIC, AUGUST, 1912. money lenders of Chicago who loan money upon the secur- nan's unearned wages have ..."

3. Shakespeare's Comedy of the Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, Edwin Booth (1878)
"How would Shakespeare have described our shylocks, the great Christian shylocks with badges of their order upon their ..."

4. History of the Wheel and Alliance and the Impending Revolution by W. Scott Morgan (1891)
"Alarm and dismay had seized the shylocks, for, in the House bill they saw that, ... It was a struggle on the part of the shylocks to maintain their ungodly ..."

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