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stockjobber
[ stok-job-er ]
noun
- a stock salesperson, especially one who sells or promotes worthless securities.
- British. a stock-exchange operator who acts as an intermediary between brokers.
stockjobber
/ ˈɒˌɒə /
noun
- (formerly) a wholesale dealer on a stock exchange who sold securities to brokers without transacting directly with the public Often shortened tojobber See also market maker
- derogatory.a stockbroker, esp one dealing in worthless securities
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Derived Forms
- ˈٴdzˌDz, noun
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Other yvlog Forms
- ٴdzjDzb· ٴdzjDzbԲ noun
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of stockjobber1
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Example Sentences
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Investors in the 1720s relied on stockjobbers, rumours and friends and relatives for their financial advice.
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Great parcels of stockjobbers stay at Brighton with the women and children.
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You may also become a stockjobber, possibly because a stockjobber's earnings cannot by any stretch of the imagination be regarded as the fruit of honest toil.
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He was a stockjobber--ostensibly in the Erie market.
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Of all the sons of men, I believe the stockjobbers are the greatest liars.
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