Definition of "stockjobber" []

• Chiefly British A stock-exchange operator who deals only with brokers. (noun)
• A stockbroker, especially an unscrupulous one. (noun)

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• "It was about the year 1688 that the word stockjobber was first heard in London."
• "a member of the legislature who can properly be called a stockjobber or"
• "If any spirit ever walks it must be that of the stockjobber, for how can such a one rest in its grave without knowing what shares are doing?"