See Also: madeleine(dictionary)
L'Engle, Madeleine(encyclopedia)
Madeleine (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Madeleine Church(tourism)
Day loan(money)
Whole loan(money)
loan(dictionary)
loan(2)(dictionary)
loan(1)(dictionary)
Whole loan(finance)

loan shark (oh) and madeleine (iou)


loan shark (oh)



n [C]
someone who lends money at very high rates of interest and will often use threats or violence to get the money back

madeleine (iou)



madeleine noun. M19.
[French, prob. from Madeleine Paulmier, 19th-cent. French pastry-cook.]
A (kind of) small rich cake, in French cookery baked in a fluted tin, and in English cookery usu. baked in a dariole mould and decorated with coconut and jam.