odd-job
[ od-job ]
verb (used without object),odd-jobbed, odd-job·bing.
to work at a series of unrelated or unspecialized jobs, often of a low-paying or menial nature.
Origin of odd-job
1First recorded in 1855–60
Other words from odd-job
- odd jobber, odd-jobber, noun
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How to use odd-job in a sentence
For some time I lived by odd-jobbing for the blacks on the sugar plantations, fetching and carrying and so on.
The Gadfly | E. L. VoynichFor if I go to school and get some little education, I shall be able to work at something better than odd jobbing.
Ishmael | Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth
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