hob-jobn.

Etymology: ? < Hob n.¹ 1 + job n.³Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhob-job.

dialect and slang.

originally. A clumsy unskilled job; hence apparently a job of unskilled work, an odd job.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working > clumsy or bungled work

bodge1589

bodgery1592

Paul's work1602

botchery1608

by-work1615

botch1648

hob-job1857

spoil1892

botch-up1915

hack job1918

bodge job1924

bodge-up1959

bodge-up job1994

1857 T. Wright Dict. Obsolete & Provinc. Eng. Hob-job, a clumsy job.

Derivatives

hob-job v.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > working > [verb (intransitive)] > do odd jobs

job1681

pouter1825

hob-job1873

odd-job1944

1873 B. Waugh Gaol Cradle 133 Every day not less than seventy thousand boys and girls are actually ‘hob-jobbing about’, utterly helpless, until they hob-job into gaols, penitentiaries, reformatories.

hob-jobber n.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > [noun] > odd-job or handyman

factotum1562

Magister factotum1573

Johannes factotum1592

Jack of all trades1618

Tom of all trades1631

John-of-all-trades1639

handyman1742

odd man1743

gimcrack1766

Jack of all work1773

orraman1802

bottle washer1835

Jack1836

odd-jobs man1859

roustabout1862

hob-jobber1873

rouster1882

odd-jobber1886

knockabout1889

orra-loon1895

rouser1896

trouncer1896

leatherneck1898

loppy1898

rouseabout1901

bluetongue2002

1873 B. Waugh Gaol Cradle 123 Days came in which there was a hob~jobber's famine; no horses to hold, no parcels to carry.

hob-jobbing adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > working > [noun] > doing odd jobs

jobbing1864

hob-jobbing1873

odd-jobbing1897

1873 B. Waugh Gaol Cradle 123 ‘Hob-jobbing’, to use the vividly descriptive phrase of his class in life, through thirteen months the lad somehow managed to appease..the cravings of nature.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	hob-job
释义	hob-jobn. Etymology: ? < Hob n.¹ 1 + job n.³Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhob-job. dialect and slang. originally. A clumsy unskilled job; hence apparently a job of unskilled work, an odd job. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working > clumsy or bungled work bodge1589 bodgery1592 Paul's work1602 botchery1608 by-work1615 botch1648 hob-job1857 spoil1892 botch-up1915 hack job1918 bodge job1924 bodge-up1959 bodge-up job1994 1857 T. Wright Dict. Obsolete & Provinc. Eng. Hob-job, a clumsy job. Derivatives hob-job v. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > [verb (intransitive)] > do odd jobs job1681 pouter1825 hob-job1873 odd-job1944 1873 B. Waugh Gaol Cradle 133 Every day not less than seventy thousand boys and girls are actually ‘hob-jobbing about’, utterly helpless, until they hob-job into gaols, penitentiaries, reformatories. hob-jobber n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > [noun] > odd-job or handyman factotum1562 Magister factotum1573 Johannes factotum1592 Jack of all trades1618 Tom of all trades1631 John-of-all-trades1639 handyman1742 odd man1743 gimcrack1766 Jack of all work1773 orraman1802 bottle washer1835 Jack1836 odd-jobs man1859 roustabout1862 hob-jobber1873 rouster1882 odd-jobber1886 knockabout1889 orra-loon1895 rouser1896 trouncer1896 leatherneck1898 loppy1898 rouseabout1901 bluetongue2002 1873 B. Waugh Gaol Cradle 123 Days came in which there was a hob~jobber's famine; no horses to hold, no parcels to carry. hob-jobbing adj. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > [noun] > doing odd jobs jobbing1864 hob-jobbing1873 odd-jobbing1897 1873 B. Waugh Gaol Cradle 123 ‘Hob-jobbing’, to use the vividly descriptive phrase of his class in life, through thirteen months the lad somehow managed to appease..the cravings of nature. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1857
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