Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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goombah, n. 1. a close male friend. 2.  a stupid person. 3. an Italian-American. 4.  a thug, a gangster; spec. a member of an organized crime syndicate, usu. the US Mafia; also attrib. 5. in attrib. use of sense 4. 6.  in the US Mafia, a patron, lit. a ‘godfather’. 7.  an outsider, a social outcast.
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