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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.
stockjobber
/ ˈɒˌɒə /
noun
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
derogatorya stockbroker, esp one dealing in worthless securities
Other Word Forms
- stockjobbery noun
- stockjobbing noun
- ˈٴdzˌDz noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of stockjobber1
Example Sentences
Investors in the 1720s relied on stockjobbers, rumours and friends and relatives for their financial advice.
Great parcels of stockjobbers stay at Brighton with the women and children.
You may also become a stockjobber, possibly because a stockjobber's earnings cannot by any stretch of the imagination be regarded as the fruit of honest toil.
He was a stockjobber--ostensibly in the Erie market.
Of all the sons of men, I believe the stockjobbers are the greatest liars.
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