floor man
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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
Brownley was our junior partner and floor man.
From Friday, the Thirteenth by Lawson, Thomas William
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
Rig then went on, in a direct course, and came to a house; the door stood ajar: he went in; fire was on the floor, man and wife sat there engaged at work.
From The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Saemund Sigfusson
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
