stock ticker
noun
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Origin of stock ticker
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Words nearby stock ticker
stock saddle, stock shot, stock solution, stock-still, stocktaking, stock ticker, Stockton, Stockton-on-Tees, stock unit, stock vaccine, stock watering
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Example sentences from the Web for stock ticker
A rapid rise may be checked in ascent and the instrument may fluctuate like a stock-ticker.
Reading the Weather|Thomas Morris LongstrethHe worshiped beauty and he was compelled to keep his eye upon the stock-ticker.
A History of American Literature Since 1870|Fred Lewis PatteeThis gave him an introduction to the stock-ticker folks, and the Western Union people he already knew.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 1 of 14|Elbert Hubbard