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vig

/ vɪɡ /

noun

  1. slang.
    the interest on a loan that is paid to a moneylender
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of vig1

C20: short for vigorish , prob. via Yiddish from Russian vyigrysh profit, winnings
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Example Sentences

For example, vaccinia immune globulin, or VIG, is stored and ready for the next person who becomes ill from smallpox vaccine.

Drtt thotti sa dauglingr vera quado meth gumnom god-r kominn; sialfr gecc visi or vig thrimo ungum fra itrlauc grami.

The goals are go-ji-ga', the ball, ta-ma-na'-da, and the playing stick ta-so-vig'-a.

Mind you, it ain't no vig'lance committee, but a mob, that's got him.

A vig'lance committee is the coolest kind of comin' together of the integrity an' the brains of a commoonity.

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