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Thomas was presented as a regrator or forestaller of barley and wheat at Snitterfield Court, held April, 1575.

From Shakespeare's Family by Stopes, C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael)

Foreboding had entered even the hearts of the forestaller and extortioner.

From Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee by Cooke, John Esten

Approaching, step by dainty and precise step, the seat invested by Mr. James Ollerenshaw, she arrived at the point whence she could distinguish the features of her forestaller; she was somewhat short-sighted.

From Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) by Bennett, Arnold

However wide may be the field occupied by the forestaller, he cannot prevent others from competing with him, if he sell so dear that they can undersell him.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 440 Volume 17, New Series, June 5, 1852 by Chambers, William

If the article was produced abroad, the forestaller would try to buy up the entire importation.

From Popular Law-making by Stimson, Frederic Jesup