jobbing mastern.
/ˈdʒɒbɪŋ ˌmɑːstə/, /ˈdʒɒbɪŋ ˌmastə/, U.S. /ˈdʒɑbɪŋ ˌmæstər/ rare. Now historical.
= jobmaster n. 1.
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society > trade and finance > selling > hiring or letting out > [noun] > hirer out > of horses or carriages
hackney man1307
hackman1571
vittorin1613
vetturino1617
coach-master1721
jobman1794
jobmaster1802
jobber1809
jobbing master1835
fly-proprietor1845
1835 Hull Packet 4 Dec. 4/7 Bankrupts..John Robinson, Birmingham, jobbing master.
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 362/1 These articles are usually sold at the several mews, stable-yards, and jobbing-masters' in and about the metropolis.
1899 Trewman's Exeter Flying Post 16 Sept. 3/1 At the inquest on Mrs. Frank Underhill Webb, wife of a jobbing master,..a verdict of ‘Death from delirium tremens, brought on by an accidental fall’, was returned.
1960 G. E. Evans Horse in Furrow xv. 193 A jobbing-master at The Rampant Horse, kept about six horses for use in broughams and so on.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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