1870 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.
1870 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.
1870 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
1870 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.
1870 J.K. Medbery Men and Mysteries of Wall Street 131: In street argot, they are ‘snipes’ and ‘lame ducks’.at snipe, n.1
1870 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.