n.
Australian slang for a mancompletely ruined, stonebroke.
1891. `The Australasian,' Nov. 21, p. 1014:
«We're nearly `dead brokers,' as they say out here. Let'sharness up Eclipse and go over to old Yamnibar.»
·vt A pimp or procurer. II. Broker ·vt A dealer in secondhand goods. III. Broker ·vt A dealer in m...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Originally a broken tradesman, from the Anglo-Saxon broc, a misfortune; but, in later times, a perso...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·- One who negotiates the discount of bills. ...
See Blomfield Street. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
A bawd, or match-maker. CANT. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A match-maker, a bawd. ...
Synonymous with crimp (which see). ...
One who is licensed to act in the procuring of passages by ships from one port to another. ...
One who manages business matters between ship-owners and merchants, in procuring cargoes, &c., for v...
A parson. ...