jobbing
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The fact or practice of using a public office or other position of trust for personal gain.
noun
adj
That does odd jobs; that works on occasional jobs as available.
Example Sentences
- "It is through the power of Paris, now become the center and focus of jobbing, that the leaders of this faction direct, or rather command the whole legislative and the whole executive government."
- "We have not lost sight of the various proceedings, appointments, jobbings, &c, at University College."
- "The jobbing foundryman has very little control over the nature of the jobs which come his way."
- "His performance in Dr No in 1962 set the jobbing actor and former milkman on a path that would lead to Hollywood stardom and all its trappings."