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 Stag.Stagi’rite or Stagyrite (3 syl.). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Stags,
 
in Stock Exchange phraseology, are persons who apply for the allotment of shares in a joint-stock company, not because they wish to hold the shares, but because they hope to sell the allotment at a premium. If they fail in this they forbear to pay the deposit and the allotment is forfeited. (See BEAR, BULL.)   1
 


 Stag.Stagi’rite or Stagyrite (3 syl.). 

 
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