"Stockjobber" Quotes from Famous Books
... thieves. He may, for aught I know, be just as good as the rest of the world; all I say is, that I believe him to be no better. But come, we must go back to the inn; there is an ally of mine coming to me; a perfect specimen of a sharp Cornish mining stockjobber—as vulgar a fellow as you ever met, and as shrewd. He won't stay very long, so you need not ... — The Three Clerks • Anthony Trollope |