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goombah
noun
a loyal male friend; an Italian-American US
An Italian-American usage, sometimes used in a loosely derogatory tone.- “I will beat this Giambra,” he insists, “and prove Italy still produces fine fighters. It’s hard to see how he can be proved wrong. Joey is a goombah, too!” — Coshocton (Ohio) Tribune, p. 8, 2 December 1954
- He was a mean, cruel, brutal heavyweight of a goomba who would just as soon have strangled you as look at you[.] — Emmett Grogan, Ringolevio, p. 96, 1972
- “Hey, goombah,” he said, “you ain’t your cheery self tonight.” — Charles Whited, Chiodo, p. 143, 1973
- Brigante. Where’d you get that name? Goombah? — Edwin Torres, After Hours, p. 162, 1979
- He’s my goombah, Charlie. I still call him uncle. — Vincent Patrick, The Pope of Greenwich Village, p. 104, 1979
- Pachoulo stared at Phila for a minute as though wondering what the hell that was supposed to mean, then he grinned his toad’s grin and said, “Hey, goomba.” — Robert Campbell, Juice, p. 168, 1988
- [H]e got into a beef with some old goombah down at Benny’s Lounge over his video games. — Richard Price, Clockers, p. 381, 1992
- [Johnny] Rotten spotted me from across the crowded room and started in my direction with a couple of spikey-haired goombahs in tow. — Mick Farren, Give the Anarchist a Cigarette, p. 371, 2001
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