ship-broker
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A brass plate said, "R. Bartley, ship-broker and commission agent"; but the man was evidently a ship-owner and a carrier besides; so this miscellaneous shop roused hopes in our versatile hero.
From A Perilous Secret by Charles Reade
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
She knew perfectly well that the highest professorship could only earn in a year what an ordinary ship-broker made in a month.
From The Malady of the Century by Max Simon Nordau
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
Messengers were sent down to Plymouth, his friends having later acquired some clue to his movements, and an influential ship-broker in the town was employed to intercept his flight should he attempt to sail thence.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 by Frederick Whymper
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