brokery

(ˈbrəʊkərɪ)

1. (Commerce) the business of a broker

2. obsolete any work done by a broker

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References in classic literature

The conflicting interests of these touting gentlemen being of a nature to irritate their feelings, personal collisions took place; and the Commons was even scandalized by our principal inveigler (who had formerly been in the wine trade, and afterwards in the sworn brokery line) walking about for some days with a black eye.

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The reputation of her brokery is attested by Henry Killigrew, gentleman, who on being robbed in February 1621 relied on the services of her office.

Mary Frith, Alias Moll Cutpurse, in Life and Literature

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