jobbery
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of jobbery
Example Sentences
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If you were here I think I could, and would if I could, do a little jobbery on your account.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2019
Research published in 2011 by Victor Lapuente and Carl Dahlstrom of the University of Gothenburg, and Jan Teorell, of Lund University, looked at which features of a civil service cut jobbery.
From Economist • Mar. 10, 2016
A U. S. District Attorney in Manhattan, preparing to run as a Republican against Governor Roosevelt, disclosed all manner of jobbery among Tammany judges.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Securities bill was designed to clean up the evils of stock jobbery.
From Time Magazine Archive
The administration of the national business has cost more than was expected, and has not been free, to employ the ugly words used in these debates, from jobbery and corruption.
From The Fathers of Confederation A Chronicle of the Birth of the Dominion by Colquhoun, A. H. U. (Arthur Hugh Urquhart)
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