Goombah definitions

Goombah

1) Bucko 2) Pal
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Goombah

Goombah is the Americanized spelling of cumpa, a Southern Italian dialectic version of the Italian word compare (masculine `friend`). In many Southern Italian dialects (see Neapolitan language and Sicilian language) `c`s are pronounced like `g`s and `p`s are pronounced like `b`s. The feminine form commare therefore sounded like `goommod...
Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goombah

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Goombah

Goombah is American slang for a member of an organised crime gang.
Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ZG.HTM

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