land-jobbing en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable) The buying and selling of land on speculation.
He […] knows nothing but the value of estates, and how to improve them, and what belongs to land-jobbing and husbandry.
1748, [Samuel Richardson], chapter 8, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume I, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC: