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7 letters · 19 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
noun a merciless usurer in a play by Shakespeare
originPossibly derived from Hebrew שלח (Šélaḥ, the grandson of Shem), or Old Saxon [Term?] (“white-haired”), referring to goldsmiths and scriveners. It may also be derived from Michael Lok and an archaic meaning of shy (“untrustworthy”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Words from these letters
- choky 17
- shlock 15
- hocks 14
- shock 14
- yocks 14
- coky 13
- hock 13
- yock 13
- holks 12
- kohls 12
- yolks 12
- lych 12