stockjobber
Americannoun
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a stock salesperson, especially one who sells or promotes worthless securities.
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British. a stock-exchange operator who acts as an intermediary between brokers.
noun
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Often shortened to: jobber. (formerly) a wholesale dealer on a stock exchange who sold securities to brokers without transacting directly with the public See also market maker
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derogatory a stockbroker, esp one dealing in worthless securities
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The female is the daughter of a U. S. stockjobber, the late Jay Gould?the present Anna, Marquise de Talleyrand Perigord, Duchesse de Sagan.
From Time Magazine Archive
This scandalous bargain was duly signed and sealed, the stockjobber furthermore agreeing to settle upon his daughter, on the marriage-day, a fortune of several millions.
From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 by Charles Mackay
No stockjobber on 'Change could go about his exciting work with more animating eagerness.
From The Bertrams by Anthony Trollope
It is droll to look back upon the movement which led public opinion to prefer a stockjobber to a gallant soldier.
From Rides on Railways by Samuel Sidney
After he had enjoyed the triumph of condolence, he turned to a wealthy stockjobber, and left me exposed to the scorn of those who had lately courted my notice, and solicited my interest.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II by Samuel Johnson
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