odd-jobv.
/ˌɒdˈdʒɒb/, U.S. /ˈɑdˈdʒɑb/ transitive. To do odd jobs for (a person) (rare); to work (one's way) by doing odd jobs. Also intransitive: to survive by doing odd jobs.
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society > occupation and work > working > [verb (intransitive)] > do odd jobs
job1681
pouter1825
hob-job1873
odd-job1944
society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > be in domestic service [verb (intransitive)] > come in to work in a house > char or do odd jobs
chore1746
chare1828
oblige1933
odd-job1944
1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities iii. ix. 206 A gentleman like yourself wot I've had the honour of odd jobbing till I'm grey at it.
1944 F. Clune Red Heart 32 He taught, biked, and odd-jobbed his way around Great Britain for a year.
1976 J. Wainwright Bastard iii He odd-jobbed from meal to meal for a fortnight or so.
1996 S. King Desperation i. v. 208 He floated along for a while, odd-jobbin, and eventually Jim started to throw work his way.
Derivatives
ˌodd-ˈjobbing n.
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society > occupation and work > working > [noun] > doing odd jobs
jobbing1864
hob-jobbing1873
odd-jobbing1897
1897 E. L. Voynich Gadfly 190 I lived by odd-jobbing for the blacks on the sugar plantations.
1945 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 10 158/2 When the activities are merely listed alphabetically, they include dozens of big and little things such as:..odd-jobbing, opinionating and ordering.
1990 Planet 82 Aug. 67 Odd jobbing, called in this part of Wales ‘hobbling’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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