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lackstock

lackstock noun: a person who has no money in stocks and shares.

Noun

lackstock (plural lackstocks)

  1. (obsolete) A person who has no money in stocks and shares.
    • Only let me say, that I should be as glad as you could be to find myself in possession of a good independent fortune: and that we poor lacklands and lackstocks who have to earn our livelihood, must endeavour to make the best of it.1802 November 6, Robert Southey, Letter to To Grosvenor C. Bedford, Esq.; republished in Warter, John Wood, editor, Selections from the letters of Robert Southey, volume 3, London: Longman, Brown...

Forms of lackstock

plurallackstocks

Origin of lackstock

From lack + stock.

Questions about lackstock

What does lackstock mean?
Lackstock means a person who has no money in stocks and shares.
What part of speech is lackstock?
Lackstock is a noun.
What is the plural of lackstock?
The plural of lackstock is lackstocks.

Words near lackstock in the dictionary

  1. Lackners
  2. Lacko
  3. Lackos
  4. Lackrana
  5. lacks
  6. lackstock
  7. lackstocks
  8. lackt
  9. lackwit
  10. lackwits
  11. lackwitted

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