ship-broker
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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One of his uncles was a ship-broker of good standing, with a large connection amongst English ships; other relatives of his dealt in ships' stores, owned sail-lofts, sold chains and anchors, were master-stevedores, caulkers, shipwrights.
From Some Reminiscences by Joseph Conrad
We had all been standing until then, but at this invitation to disclosure the ship-broker motioned us to sit down, he himself turning the stool which the clerk had just vacated.
From Ravensdene Court by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
He would think it undignified to beat a boy; he wears a black frock coat, keeps novels in his cabin, wears a finger-ring, and tries to look like a ship-broker.
From The Romance of the Coast by James Runciman
Father outdoor clerk of some ship-broker in Rotterdam; mother dead.
From An Outcast of the Islands by Joseph Conrad
The ship-broker finds ships for the merchant, when he wants to send his goods abroad; or goods for captains and masters of vessels to freight their ships with.
From London in 1731 by Don Manoel Gonzales
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