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

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)

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

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.