stockjobber

[ stok-job-er ]

noun

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

stockjobber

/ ˈstɒkˌdʒɒbə /

noun

1. (formerly) a wholesale dealer on a stock exchange who sold securities to brokers without transacting directly with the public Often shortened tojobber See also market maker
2. derogatory.
   a stockbroker, esp one dealing in worthless securities

Derived Forms

• ˈstockˌjobbery, noun

Other Words From

• stockjobber·y stockjobbing noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of stockjobber¹

First recorded in 1620–30; stock + jobber

Example Sentences

Investors in the 1720s relied on stockjobbers, rumours and friends and relatives for their financial advice.

From BBC

Great parcels of stockjobbers stay at Brighton with the women and children.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

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He was a stockjobber--ostensibly in the Erie market.

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Of all the sons of men, I believe the stockjobbers are the greatest liars.

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