Work occupying a person for or at a particular time; temporary occupation or employment. Obsolete.
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释义 | society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > temporary or casual work (10) notec1350 Work occupying a person for or at a particular time; temporary occupation or employment. Obsolete. jobbery1832 Probably: small pieces of work collectively; jobwork. Obsolete. rare. catchwork1856 Work, esp. agricultural labour, undertaken or carried out on a temporary, irregular, or casual basis. Now rare. grass1888 Printing. slang. Casual employment; jobbing work (cf. jobbing, n.2 3b). Obsolete. in and out work1903 attributive (quasi-adj.) in various senses; spec. in-and-out bolts (see quot. 1850); in-and-out boy, in and out man, someone in and out of prison… gig work2004 Temporary work carried out by an independent contractor on a freelance or on-demand basis, esp. as organized through online marketplaces, as… gig2015 A job; an occupation. Now spec.: a temporary job, performed on a freelance, informal, or on-demand basis, esp. one that has an uncertain future: cf… Subcategories:— specific (3) |
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