Land-jobbing

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  1. 1
    The buying and selling of land on speculation. uncountable

    "He […] knows nothing but the value of estates, and how to improve them, and what belongs to land-jobbing and husbandry."

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"He […] knows nothing but the value of estates, and how to improve them, and what belongs to land-jobbing and husbandry."

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