Lackstock
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who has no money in stocks and shares. obsolete
"Only let me say, that I should be as glad as you could be to find myself in possession of a good independent fortune: and that we poor lacklands and lackstocks who have to earn our livelihood, must endeavour to make the best of it."
Example
More examples"Only let me say, that I should be as glad as you could be to find myself in possession of a good independent fortune: and that we poor lacklands and lackstocks who have to earn our livelihood, must endeavour to make the best of it."
Etymology
From lack + stock.
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