stockjobber

[ stok-job-er ]

noun

a stock salesperson, especially one who sells or promotes worthless securities.
British. a stock-exchange operator who acts as an intermediary between brokers.

Origin of stockjobber

First recorded in 1620–30; stock + jobber

Other words from stockjobber

stock·job·ber·y, stockjobbing, noun

Words Nearby stockjobber

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How to use stockjobber in a sentence

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
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
It was about the year 1688 that the word stockjobber was first heard in London.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington Macaulay
Lame duck, a stockjobber who speculates beyond his capital, and cannot pay his losses.
The Slang Dictionary | John Camden Hotten
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

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 public: Often 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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