jobbing
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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He had previously appeared in several television shows as a jobbing actor - from Hollyoaks to Doctors and EastEnders.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2023
Foad, 29, describes himself as a "jobbing comedy writer" who won a scholarship to drama school before moving into scriptwriting.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2022
Alliance deputy leader Stephen Farry told BBC's Sunday Politics programme that the move was "a backwards step" and that Lord Alderdice had made "a fundamentally poor judgement call" to propose the reintroduction of double jobbing.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2022
Double jobbing, also known as dual mandates, were banned in Northern Ireland in 2016, when a number of MPs were forced to give up their seats in the assembly.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2022
His musical efflorescence was tragically brief, but this is the man who turned the chord-strumming, jobbing electric guitar into a high-wire, virtuoso lead instrument, from also-ran to star turn.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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