A land-grabber.
1841. [Should he] forfeit his right to become the purchaser of this tract of land, in preference to any hungry land shark who was ready to pounce upon it?—Mr. Buchanan of Pa., U.S. Senate, Jan. 5: Cong. Globe, p. 26, Appendix.
1841. The hardy pioneer, the actual settler, and the land-shark, the speculator, must [alike] pay this amount.—Mr. Hunt of N.Y., House of Representatives, Feb. 22: id., p. 370, App.
