2. Noun. Generic object, thing. ¹
3. Noun. (UK informal) a job, normally a task rather than a form of employment for which one is paid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jobbie
1. a lump of excrement [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jobbie
Literary usage of Jobbie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia by John Mactaggart (1876)
"... and the ploughman Robbie, Wad baith be beat too \vi' the jobbie, Tho' they
could dance in nature's lobbie, ..."
2. Paisley Poets: With Brief Memoirs of Them, and Selections from Their Poetry by Robert Brown (1890)
"... maist a' the bit things that gaed wrang; Ilk jobbie was welcome that cam' in
his gate, He wad tar owre a ..."
3. Surviving Twilight by Shane A. Bernskoetter (2005)
"My newspaper was bathed in the warm light of the lantern jobbie. I sat like this
for the entire time the power was off, nearly forty-five minutes. ..."
4. Glengoyne: Reminiscences of the Parish and Its People by William Gairdner (1900)
"Nae doot, John—nae doot; but maybe Kate's shoen 'ill need solin' tu, and that
wud be a fine bit jobbie for ye. She has a vera naet fit an' weel put on, ..."
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