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jerker

  • a word derived from jerk.

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Alex Wilmot-Sitwell, former head of the UBS investment bank and head of the European operations at Bank of America, also appeared, alongside Jerker Johansson, who ran the investment banking arm from 2008 to 2009.

From The Guardian • Jan. 10, 2013

The recovery, which is to be announced by Swedish officials in Manhattan on Wednesday, may shake loose some of the other stolen books, said Jerker Ryden, the library’s senior legal adviser.

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2012

But research by the Oxford management theorist Jerker Denrell suggests that these are just as likely to be the characteristics of extremely unsuccessful people, too.

From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2012

UBS hired Jerker Johansson the following year to lead the investment bank, and he initiated another reorganization and further staff reductions, also taking over the fixed-income business from Esteves.

From BusinessWeek • Nov. 15, 2011

On the death of Mr. Bryan Blundell, who held the appointment of Customs Jerker, Colonel Bolton obtained the vacant office for Major Brooks, who p. 94had been formerly in the Lancashire Militia. 

From Recollections of Old Liverpool by Nonagenarian, A