job work

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noun

miscellaneous printing work, as distinguished from books, periodicals, etc.

work done by the job.

Nearby words

job seeker, job setter, job sharing, job shop, job ticket, job work, job's comforter, job's comforters, job's syndrome, job's-tears, job-hop

Origin of job work

First recorded in 1795–1805

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Examples from the Web for job work

Partout le travail est le métier de job (job-work) comme disent les Anglais—un métier à mourir sur le fumier.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844|Various
I wasn't engaged, shir—it was only job-work I was able to do—the health wasn't gud wid me.
Willy Reilly|William Carleton
And forthwith he and the other entered into a disquisition about the job-work.
Wild Wales|George Borrow
Brother Warner, however, was to realize fifteen per cent from all the job-work he should procure.
Birth of a Reformation|Andrew Byers

These gentlemen receive large quantities of job-work, which, as is well known, they execute in a superior manner.
The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852|Ben Casseday