land-jobbing

English

Noun

land-jobbing (uncountable)

1. 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.