stockjobber

[ stok-job-er ]

/ ˈstɒkˌdʒɒb ər /

noun

a stock salesperson, especially one who sells or promotes worthless securities.

British. a stock-exchange operator who acts as an intermediary between brokers.

Nearby words

stockinged, stockinger, stockish, stockishly, stockist, stockjobber, stockless, stockman, stockout, stockowner, stockpile

Origin of stockjobber

First recorded in 1620–30; stock + jobber

Related formsstock·job·ber·y, stock·job·bing, noun

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Examples from the Web for stockjobber

It is droll to look back upon the movement which led public opinion to prefer a stockjobber to a gallant soldier.
Rides on Railways|Samuel Sidney
Sometimes it is of noble birth; and sometimes the spawn of a stockjobber.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I|Francis W. Halsey
No stockjobber on 'Change could go about his exciting work with more animating eagerness.
The Bertrams|Anthony Trollope
The Rads have got hold of a stockjobber who is good for a thousand, and Maltman says they cannot fight him with less than that.
Name and Fame|Adeline Sergeant

Wasn't it a stockjobber who thought Botticelli was a cheese?
Austin and His Friends|Frederic H. Balfour

British Dictionary definitions for stockjobber

stockjobber

/ (ˈstɒkˌdʒɒbə) /

noun

British (formerly) a wholesale dealer on a stock exchange who sold securities to brokers without transacting directly with the publicOften shortened to: jobber See also market maker

US derogatory a stockbroker, esp one dealing in worthless securities

Derived Formsstockjobbery or stockjobbing, noun

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