moneylender
Example Sentences
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Shocked by their beloved aunt’s death, they must come together for the raucous funeral to honor Cambotown’s biggest moneylender.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
In a sense you could see all of those pamphlets explaining the system as a way of saying, it's not just the moneylender who's responsible for all your woes.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2023
“The essential nature of art is freedom,” said the Oscar-winning actor F. Murray Abraham, whose many credits include Shylock, the Jewish moneylender of Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice,” though Mr. Abraham is not Jewish.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2022
"But what I would say to people is that no matter how difficult it is, please don't use a local moneylender, because it really is jumping out of the frying pan into the fire."
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2022
On the days Sass returned from the moneylender, she would stare and stare at me.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
