land-jobbing
English
Noun
- The buying and selling of land on speculation.
- 1748, [Samuel Richardson], chapter 8, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume I, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
- He […] knows nothing but the value of estates, and how to improve them, and what belongs to land-jobbing and husbandry.