job work

noun

1. miscellaneous printing work, as distinguished from books, periodicals, etc.
2. work done by the job.

Word History and Origins

Origin of job work¹

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

Wages were high, and I could sometimes earn a dollar and a half a day by doing job work on Sunday.

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The next two applications, printing presses on news and job work, are probably met with more frequently than any other.

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Have to,” smiled Helen, “for Tom and I have only half days in which to put out the paper and do the job work.

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These gentlemen receive large quantities of job-work, which, as is well known, they execute in a superior manner.

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Partout le travail est le métier de job (job-work) comme disent les Anglais—un métier à mourir sur le fumier.

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