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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete, slang, derogatory, among smugglers) A customs officer..
By the Europeans, Sir, to gratify the lust of the landsharks and land-jobbers who hungered after the lands of the Natives: it was to satisfy their greed, and not for the benefit of the Natives in any way.
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Land shark means (obsolete, slang, derogatory, among smugglers) A customs officer..
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By the Europeans, Sir, to gratify the lust of the landsharks and land-jobbers who hungered after the lands of the Natives: it was to satisfy their greed, and not for the benefit of the Natives in any way.
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