† stock-jobn.
Obsolete. rare.
? An act of stock-jobbing.
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1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth II. 101 Where Fools manage Bargains by way of Stock-jobb.
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† stock-jobv.
Obsolete.
a. transitive. To apply the methods of stock-jobbing to, deal with according to the practices of a stock-jobber, employ in stock-jobbing; also figurative. Also with complement, to bring down, throw away, bring into (a state), by these methods and practices.
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1697 D. Defoe Ess. Projects 13 At last..it has been Stock-Jobb'd down to 10, 12, 9, 8 l. a Share.
1701 D. Defoe Freeholder's Plea in Collect. Writ. (1703) I. 182 Let us be careful that we are not bought and sold, Stock-job'd into Ruin.
1703 T. Baker Tunbridge-walks ii. sig. D4 Before I'de have a Wit inherit my Estate, I'de Stockjobb it away at Jonathons.
1720 A. Ramsay Rise & Fall of Stocks 22 We madly, at our ain expenses, Stock-job'd away our cash and senses.
1721 A. Ramsay Answer to Burchet 12 Let the greedy bike Stock-job the warld amang them as they like.
b. intransitive. To practise stock-jobbing.
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1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius iv. 19 Only to enable one man..to game, to wench, to stock-job, and indulge himself in all the vanities and vices of the world.
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