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Definition of Temping
1. temp [v] - See also: temp
Lexicographical Neighbors of Temping
Literary usage of Temping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Just a Temp: Expectation and Experiences of Women Clerical Temporary Workers by Maureen Martella (1997)
"temping as a Route to Permanent Work Two-thirds of the women were offered a
permanent position as a result of a temporary assignment, 40 percent more than ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"... being turned into large gray atone«, on account of their temping, ie, ...
the breadth o' his back, gin he had gien me sic a temping as ye hae dune. ..."
3. Personal Finance by Robert S. Rosefsky (2001)
"temping Being a temp, or in a newer format, a leased employee, is perhaps the
simplest ... temping might be a good bridge between full employment and full ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1896)
"of the use of this word in Stagg, the blind Cumberland poet: 'See how the temping
shearers run, An rive an bind an stock their corn. ..."
5. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1910)
"The statute simply provides for an exercise of judgment in at- temping to secure
competent jurors of proper qualifications. Murray v. Louisiana, 163 US 101, ..."
6. The history of America by William Robertson (1822)
"Pizarro closed eagerly with this temping proposal, and a line was drawn upon the
walls of the chamber, to mark the stipulated height to which the treasure ..."
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