Definition of Jobbing

1. a. Doing chance work or odd jobs; as, a jobbing carpenter.

Definition of Jobbing

1. Verb. (present participle of job) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jobbing

1. job [v] - See also: job

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jobbing

job schedulers
job shop
job title
jobation
jobations
jobbe
jobbed
jobber
jobberies
jobbernowl
jobbernowls
jobbers
jobbery
jobbies
jobbing (current term)
jobbing house
jobbing houses
jobbings
jobcentre
jobe
jobed
jobes
jobholder
jobholders
jobing
jobless
joblessness
joblessnesses
joblike

Literary usage of Jobbing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Law of Pleading and Evidence in Civil Actions: Arranged Alphabetically by John Simcoe Saunders (1851)
"If two persons jointly engage in a stock-jobbing transaction, and incur losses, and employ a broker to pay the difference, and one of them repay the broker, ..."

2. The Law of Contracts by John William Smith, John George Malcolm (1868)
"The first class of cases to which I will now advert, consists of those contracts which fall within the prohibition of what are called the Stock-jobbing ..."

3. Government by Commissions Illegal and Pernicious: The Nature and Effects of by Joshua Toulmin Smith (1849)
"... jobbing which it necessarily placed in the hands of government and their creatures, it would seem as if its authors desired to mock at public opinion, ..."

4. Factory Accounts, Their Principles and Practice: A Handbook for Accountants by Emile Garcke, John Manger Fells (1902)
"In other cases it may be desirable to start a series of what are often called " jobbing Orders," and to record the costs in a special jobbing Ledger, ..."

5. Printing: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Typography as Applied More by Charles Thomas Jacobi (1908)
"jobbing types may be obtained in three classes, so to speak—plain, fancy, ... A few specimens of jobbing or fancy types have already been given. ..."

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