floor man
Example Sentences
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During last fortnight's furor on the New York Stock Exchange, a busy floor man was asked by his office for a quotation on General Electric.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nearly every man of them was a college graduate who had won his spurs at athletics or a seasoned floor man whose training had been even more severe than that of the college campus.
From Friday, the Thirteenth by Lawson, Thomas William
Cowperwood, regardless of his intrinsic merits, was originally counted one of their number, and he was put under the direction of Mr. Arthur Rivers, the regular floor man of Tighe & Company.
From The Financier, a novel by Dreiser, Theodore
This nice man was the floor man for a big grain commission house; he read the message, and then did the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde act.
From Evening Round Up More Good Stuff Like Pep by Hunter, William Crosbie
How would you like to try your hand at being a floor man for me in 'change?
From The Financier, a novel by Dreiser, Theodore
