jobbing
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Frustrated, Layla began speaking about her experience with other former clients and Alexa Morden, host of the 98% Club, a podcast which explores the reality of work for jobbing actors.
From BBC • Nov. 3, 2024
Youdale, who moved to London from Billingham, on Teesside, in the mid-1980s to study dance, remembers working as a "jobbing actor" and choreographer.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2024
Double jobbing, also known as dual mandates, was banned in Northern Ireland in 2016, when a number of MPs were forced to give up their seats in the assembly.
From BBC • Jan. 17, 2022
In his letter, Lord Caine said he was opposed to the possibility of double jobbing remaining indefinitely so the amendment was reworked with a time limit.
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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