subs. (old).—1.  A PANDER (q.v.), a go-between; a BAWD (q.v.).

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  1595.  SHAKESPEARE, Two Gentlemen of Verona, i. 2. Now, by my modesty, a goodly BROKER! Dare you presume to harbour wanton lines? Ibid. (1602), Troilus and Cressida, iii. 2. Let all inconstant men be Troiluses, all false women Cressids, and all BROKERS between, pandars.

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  1617.  BEAUMONT and FLETCHER, Valentinian, ii., 2. Madam, I am no BROKER.— … Nor base procurer of men’s lusts.

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  2.  (common).—A ruined man: also STONY-BROKER: see BROKE.

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  1891.  The Australasian. Nov. 21, 1014. We’re nearly ‘dead BROKERS,’ as they say out here. Let’s harness up Eclipse and go over to old Yamnibar.

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  A CRAFTY KNAVE NEEDS NO BROKER, phr. (old).—A rogue needs no go-between.

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