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odd-job
[ od-job ]
verb (used without object)
- to work at a series of unrelated or unspecialized jobs, often of a low-paying or menial nature.
Other Words From
- odd jobber odd-jobber noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of odd-job1
Example Sentences
Jacobson, much like both characters on Broad City would do, defends the odd job.
Your character, Owen, is the manager of a water park, which is a pretty odd job.
"Seems an odd job to give a fellow who won't drive a car or read by electric light," the Engineer observed.
She is at the beck and call of any one who will give her an odd job to earn a meal with.
These, with a few hands at lambing time, and two or three odd-job men at the central station, make up the whole staff.
"I ain't no skivvy," he protests all the time, but every little odd job gets done.
Odd Job Man (to Gardener, discussing dinner which has been sent them from the house).
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