noun
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short for stockjobber
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a person who jobs
Etymology
Origin of jobber
Example Sentences
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Founder Dan Evins, a Tennessee oil jobber, envisioned a restaurant and retail operation themed around old-time country stores, where people gathered to play checkers on barrels once used to deliver crackers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025
Dan’s father, who had studied language and philosophy at Krakow University but had ended up a textile jobber in New York, did not approve of the enterprise, despite its fast start.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 6, 2018
When he returned, Jinder Mahal was still a jobber — losing often — but in April, his story saw a creative shift: He became a winner.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2017
But it wasn't all like that, according to Brian Winterflood, later the founder of Winterflood Securities, who had been a jobber at Greener Dreyfus since the 1950s.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2016
A small jobber located in the same territory as refiners buys a small amount of sugar today and distributes it to his trade the next—time is negligible.
From About sugar buying for jobbers How you can lessen business risks by trading in refined sugar futures by Dyer, B. W. (Benjamin Wheeler)
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