stockjobber

[ stok-job-er ]

/ ˈstɒkˌdʒɒb ər /

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noun

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

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

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Origin of stockjobber

First recorded in 1620–30; stock + jobber

OTHER WORDS FROM stockjobber

stock·job·ber·y, stockjobbing, noun

Words nearby stockjobber

stocking stitch, stocking stuffer, stock in trade, stockish, stockist, stockjobber, stock ledger, stockless, stock lock, stockman, stock market

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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 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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