| 单词 | ribbon clerk |
| 释义 | > as lemmasribbon clerk ribbon clerk n. U.S. a person who sells ribbons or other small items, typically in a department store; a shop assistant; (in extended use) an amateurish or unadventurous person. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > dealer in stocks and shares > type of profit taker1552 bull1714 bear1718 fund-monger1734 lame duck1806 stag1845 taker-in1852 cornerer1869 wrecker1876 corner-man1881 market-rigger1881 boursocrat1882 offeror1882 ribbon clerk1882 inflater1884 manipulator1888 underwriter1889 kangaroo1896 piker1898 share pusher1898 specialist1900 tailer1900 writer1906 placee1953 corporate raider1955 tippee1961 raider1972 bottom fisher1974 white knight1978 greenmailer1984 1882 Wheelman Nov. 97/1 The man might be a ribbon-clerk or a slipper-man, for aught she knew. He had no right to look at her so. 1927 E. Pound Let. 29 Dec. (1971) 215 Am I expected to respect either myself or anyone else because some graduated ribbon-clerk offers me 75 bucks for writing blah in a false-pearl and undies monthly? 1953 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang (1954) §563/1 Stock Market... Ribbon clerks, lambs, amateur, small-fry traders who take occasional flings in the market. 1977 Time 11 Apr. 24/1 Flying has become so routine that the notably pragmatic insurance companies charge pilots no more for policies than they do ribbon clerks. 2005 E. Mordden How's your Romance? 39 ‘You found some hero... A good guy?’ ‘Would I fall for a ribbon clerk?’ < as lemmas |
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