| 单词 | kaffir circus |
| 释义 | > as lemmasKaffir Circus Kaffir Circus n. slang (now historical) the market of the London Stock Exchange which trades in shares of companies with mining operations in southern Africa; cf. sense A. 2d. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > traffic in stocks and shares > types of market commodity market1843 primary market1859 short interest1866 bear market1873 aftermarket1887 terminal market1887 Kaffir Circus1889 shop1889 bull market1891 open1898 curb-market1900 the junglea1901 jungle-market1900 short market1900 down market1915 short end1964 third market1964 Unlisted Securities Market1979 USM1979 bulldog market1980 1889 Economist 19 Jan. 84/1 The most noticeable feature of the week has been the continued excitement in the South African gold mining market, or, as it is familiarly termed, the ‘Kaffir Circus’. 1896 M. Donovan Kaffir Circus 96 A big boom is on in the Kaffir Circus, and Laure's shares are worth £15,000. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 865/1 At first..the ‘Kaffre circus’, as it was called, was regarded with contempt by the older habitués of the Stock Exchange. 1928 Daily Chron. 9 Aug. 8/6 Otherwise the Kaffir Circus presented a very idle appearance. 1990 Times (Nexis) 10 Aug. The London Stock Exchange..used to call South African mining shares kaffirs, and the market dealing in them was the kaffir circus. < as lemmas |
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