What does banker's ramp mean?

banker's ramp

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

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British usage

"The commissions paid on this transaction were high and gave rise to grumblings in Great Britain about a “banker's ramp.”"
"But over the course of the last weekend before the 1997 election, Brown concluded, 'What a release an independent Bank of England would be – a release from a “banker's ramp”!'"

banker's ramps (plural)

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