landshark

British  

/ ˈlændˌʃɑːk /

noun

1. informal a person who makes inordinate profits by buying and selling land

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Example Sentences

That wizened-up landshark of a Jerry Clifford is in sight, bound to the post-office, I cal'late.

From Mary-'Gusta by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby

He applied the methods—somewhat modified for the occasion—of a landshark in winning his wife.

From Dennison Grant: a Novel of To-day by Stead, Robert J. C.

We cannot well conceive how that the agents of the Company could do such a scurvy trick—such an act of vandalism—except that they have been influenced to do so by a resident San Francisco landshark.

From Some Reminiscences of old Victoria by Fawcett, Edgar

Now any landshark, as has his eyes out of his heart, could see that Miss Lina's only took a faintin' turn, that comes after a skeer like hers, axactly as sleep stills a tired baby.

From Mabel's Mistake by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)