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landsharp
Slang, Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a person who buys up large amounts of land usually intending to profit by speculation.
See: land-grabber
Quotations
1909
"You say he was a landsharp in the South, and he had to leave. . . ."