brokerly

adj

brokerly

adj

Etymology From broker + -ly.

1

Obsolete mean (money-pinching) or servile

  • A brokerly slave,1610 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Alchemist, London: […] Thomas Snodham, for Walter Burre, and are to be sold by Iohn Stepneth, […], published 1612, →OCLC, (please specify the Internet Archive page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

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