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Definition of Job lot
1. Noun. A miscellaneous collection of things sold together.
Definition of Job lot
1. Noun. A large quantity of cheap items. ¹
2. Noun. A quantity of miscellaneous items sold together. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Job Lot
Literary usage of Job lot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1920)
"Opie Reids' Novels, job lot. Hunolt, Sermons in English, ... Bibles, Commentaries,
etc., job lot. Machine Shop Practice. Milling, etc. The Morris Book Shop, ..."
2. Ordered to China: Letters of Wilbur J. Chamberlin Written from China While by Wilbur J Chamberlin (1903)
"... Before I had finished I had bought a job lot of China gods from A. for $5,
Mexican. They are of brass and will make good mantel ornaments. ..."
3. Music: Devoted to the Art, Science, Technic and Literature of Music (1897)
"If we are speaking of Bach, we do not need a job lot of this kind; if we want
six or eight works, each a distinct masterpiece, we might make a list 'ike the ..."
4. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History and Politics of the Year (1852)
"Qd. Sergeant Wilkins contended for Saward that he had fairly bought the goods as
a "job lot," and that he had behaved like an innocent man when the officers ..."
5. A Modern History of the English People by Gretton, Richard Henry, 1874- (1913)
"This job lot of Bills was accompanied by a similar job lot of debates. Unemployment
had recurred with some severity, especially in the building trade and in ..."
6. Records of the Past by Records of the Past Exploration Society (1902)
"To further ornament this popular fountain a "job-lot" of unfluted Roman ...
I say "job-lot," because little care was exercised to make these fit well, ..."
7. Reports of Cases in Criminal Law Argued and Determined in All the Courts in by Edward William Cox (1895)
"Ridley, Whitley, and Co. in Essex-road, and said that he, De Kromme, desired to
buy a " job lot of floor cloth." Dash having shown the prisoner several such ..."
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