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.

Words nearby stockjobber

stocking stuffer, stockinged, stockinger, stockish, stockist, stockjobber, stockless, stockman, stockout, stockowner, stockpile

Origin of stockjobber

First recorded in 1620–30; stock + jobber

OTHER WORDS FROM stockjobber

stock·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 forms of stockjobber

stockjobbery or stockjobbing, noun

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