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单词 odd-jobber
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odd-jobbern.

Brit. /ˌɒdˈdʒɒbə/, U.S. /ˈɑdˈdʒɑbər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: odd-job v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < odd-job v. + -er suffix1. Compare jobber n.2
A person who does odd jobs for a living.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > [noun] > odd-job or handyman
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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
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loppy1898
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > servant who lives out > servant doing odd jobs
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chore-girl18..
chore-boy1848
odd-job man1859
odd-jobber1886
toti1886
wood-and-water joey1887
useful1891
1886 H. F. Lester Under Two Fig Trees 99 All that the odd-jobber did was to stack the soil.
1915 R. Brooke Let. 20 Apr. (1968) 681 Ian Hamilton..asked me if I'd like to be attached to his staff as a sort of ‘galloper’ and odd-jobber—‘A.D.C.’.
1938 D. Smith Dear Octopus i. 22 Just a sort of receptionist and general odd-jobber.
1977 Private Eye 4 Mar. 20/2 (advt.) Carpentry, cleaning, electrics, decorating, gardening, handy persons, odd jobbers.
1997 Neon Sept. 94/4 The six-strong strippendales—including an old soulboy, over-endowed odd-jobber and ballroom-dancing foreman.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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