ship-broker
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"Do you wish to be taken on board his craft?" asked a kind of ship-broker, hearing that Uros was asking about the Greek captain.
From The Pobratim A Slav Novel by P. Jones
But the ship-broker held up a deprecating hand.
From Ravensdene Court by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
"They sailed precisely three weeks ago next Monday," answered the ship-broker, "and the name of the vessel is the Blanchflower."
From Ravensdene Court by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
The other is a Frenchman, who, says Mr. Jallanby, the Hull ship-broker, was addressed as Vicomte.
From Ravensdene Court by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
I had no doubt whatever that Miss Raven and myself were in the hands of the two men who had bought the Blanchflower from Jallanby, the ship-broker of Hull.
From Ravensdene Court by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
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