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goombah

noun
goom·​bah | \ˈgüm-ˌbä \

Definition of goombah 

1 informal : a close friend or associate —used especially among Italian-American men

2 informal : a member of a secret chiefly Italian-American crime organization : mafioso broadly : gangster

3 informal : a macho Italian-American man

First Known Use of goombah

1954, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for goombah

Italian dialect (Campania) cumbà, vocative form of cumbare respected older man, literally, godfather, from Medieval Latin compater — more at compeer

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