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jobber

[ job-er ]

noun

  1. a wholesale merchant, especially one selling to retailers.
  2. a pieceworker.
  3. (formerly) a merchant who deals in odd lots or job lots.
  4. a person who practices jobbery.


jobber

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noun

  1. short for stockjobber
  2. a person who jobs
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Origin of jobber1

First recorded in 1660–70; job 1 + -er 1
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If not employees, these talented people are individual jobbers.

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But if there’s one thing I learned from his memoir, it’s that the guy’s a mensch, and one with a solid regard for jobbers on a deadline.

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“It was really about that – capturing those moments that hadn't been captured on film before and then just reveling in them and getting to know the jobber, too,†Rowe explained.

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On their road trip journey across the country, they’ll revisit past jobbers and tell new stories that add to the legend of the “Dirty Jobs†name.

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In the 18th century, speculators who did sell borrowed commodities before they had paid for them – in anticipation of profiting from a fall in price – were therefore called “bearskin jobbersâ€, later shortened to “bearsâ€.

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