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Jay Gould   /dʒeɪ guld/   Listen
Jay Gould

noun
1.
United States financier who gained control of the Erie Canal and who caused a financial panic in 1869 when he attempted to corner the gold market (1836-1892).  Synonym: Gould.



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"Jay Gould" Quotes from Famous Books



... then. He was denounced by both contestants in this American conflict most uselessly. The knights of Labour came in for an equal amount of abuse. We were excited and could not reason. The men had just as much right to band together for mutual benefit as Jay Gould had a right to get rich. It was believed by many that Mr. Gould made his fortune out of the labouring classes. Mr. Gould made it out of the capitalists. His regular diet was a capitalist per diem, not a poor man—capitalist stewed, broiled, roasted, panned, ...
— T. De Witt Talmage - As I Knew Him • T. De Witt Talmage



Words linked to "Jay Gould" :   moneyman, Stephen Jay Gould, Gould, financier



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