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Men and Mysteries of Wall Street choose

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[US] J.K. Medbery Men and Mysteries of Wall Street 135: The [...] ‘Dead Duck’ is one who is absolutely bankrupt past all recovery. If he haunts the street, it is as a ‘curbstone’ broker.
at curbstone broker (n.) under curbstone, adj.
[US] J.K. Medbery Men and Mysteries of Wall Street 135: The ‘Lame Duck’ is a broker who has failed to meet his engagements, and a ‘Dead Duck’ is one who is absolutely bankrupt past all recovery.
at dead duck, n.
[US] J.K. Medbery Men and Mysteries of Wall Street 135: The ‘Lame Duck’ is a broker who has failed to meet his engagements, and a ‘Dead Duck’ is one who is absolutely bankrupt past all recovery. If he haunts the street, it is as a ‘curbstone’ broker.
at lame duck, n.1
[US] J.K. Medbery Men and Mysteries of Wall Street 123: There are not a few individuals of the ‘shyster’ class who are ready to break their word, when they can shield themselves from prosecution.
at shyster, adj.
[US] J.K. Medbery Men and Mysteries of Wall Street 131: In street argot, they are ‘snipes’ and ‘lame ducks’.
at snipe, n.1
[US] J.K. Medbery Men and Mysteries of Wall Street 159: Drew, Vanderbilt, Fisk, Jerome, Jacob Little, all the heroes who still breathe vital breath, [...] have never failed to be unpopular on ‘the street.’.
at Street, The, n.
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