单词 | land-jobbing |
释义 | > as lemmasland-jobbing land-jobbing n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > [noun] > trading venture or speculation > an act of > specific types portage1500 portledge1636 land-jobbing1781 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > speculation > type of mine adventure1698 land-jobbing1781 entrepreneurship1902 1781 R. H. Lee in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1814) 2nd Ser. I. 186 Toryism, British interest, and Land~jobbing views, combine numbers without and within doors. 1816 U. Brown Jrnl. in Maryland Hist. Mag. 10 346 This Henry is a full Bred Land Jobber..; his Land Jobbing extends from the Mouth of the Mississippi to Uwchland Township Chester County Pennsylvania. 1825 Dougherty Light to People Kentucky 1 It was the case of..the first settlers of Kentucky..against..the famous John Kercheval, of land jobbing memory. 1885 Cent. Mag. Apr. 826 When the bill to establish a State park at Niagara was on its passage,..the great majority of the country members were opposed to it, fearing that it might conceal some land-jobbing scheme. < as lemmas |
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