stroke of business

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic,archaic)(ofbusinessortrade) alargeorconsiderableamount1898,Charles Spurgeon,The Autobiography of Charles H. Spurgeon: 1834-1854‎[1]:"How my father came to hear of this littlestroke of businessI never knew, but some little bird or other whistled it to him, and he was very soon down upon me in right earnest."

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