The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
stockjobber
(noun) one who deals only with brokers or other jobbers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
stockjobber (plural stockjobbers)
(chiefly British, trading) A stock-exchange operator who deals only with brokers.
(British, pejorative, trading) An unscrupulous stockbroker.
Source: Wiktionary
Stock"job`ber, n. Etym: [Stock + job.]
Definition: One who speculates in stocks for gain; one whose occupation is to buy and sell stocks. In England a jobber acts as an intermediary between brokers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 July 2025
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.