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Definition of Jobbies
1. jobbie [n] - See also: jobbie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jobbies
Literary usage of Jobbies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Vagabond Papers: Sketches of Melbourne Life, in Light & Shade by Vagabond (1876)
"The other day, when attending the House, I met one of the warders loafing about
the jobbies. He was waiting for his friend, the member, ..."
2. The Edinburgh Annual Register by Sir Walter Scott, Walter Scott (1811)
"... and the gold is not profusely used. The box- seats are covered with light blue.
All the doors of the boxes, principal jobbies, &c., are of mahogany. ..."
3. The Leather Pushers by Harry Charles Witwer (1921)
""I'm layin' three to one Roberts cops, but I'm gettin' a big play from some
American and English jobbies on this Gournet guy. It don't sound reasonable. ..."
4. Glengoyne: Reminiscences of the Parish and Its People by William Gairdner (1900)
"He was to continue to live with John and his wife, and to do just 'such jobbies'
as he liked in the smithy. On the Sunday fortnight after, John and Jean ..."
5. Glengoyne: Reminiscences of the Parish and Its People by William Gairdner (1900)
"Na, na, I'm ower auld and stiff for that noo, though I dinna like to be idle
a'thegither. Licht bits o' jobbies I can du yet. ..."
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