odd-job

[ od-job ]

verb (used without object),odd-jobbed, odd-job·bing.
  1. to work at a series of unrelated or unspecialized jobs, often of a low-paying or menial nature.

Origin of odd-job

1
First 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. Voynich
  • For 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