Definition of job

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Job (v. i.) To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.

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Roustabout :: Roustabout (n.) A laborer, especially a deck hand, on a river steamboat, who moves the cargo, loads and unloads wood, and the like; in an opprobrious sense, a shiftless vagrant who lives by chance jobs..
Chare :: Chare (v. i.) To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs..
Agiotage :: Agiotage (n.) Exchange business; also, stockjobbing; the maneuvers of speculators to raise or lower the price of stocks or public funds..
Bookwork :: Bookwork (n.) Work done upon a book or books (as in a printing office), in distinction from newspaper or job work..
Job :: "Job (v. t.) To hire or let by the job or for a period of service; as, to job a carriage..
Jobbing :: "Jobbing (a.) Using opportunities of public service for private gain; as, a jobbing politician..
Jobation :: "Jobation (n.) A scolding; a hand, tedious reproof..
Fat :: Fat (superl.) Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job..
Jobber :: Jobber (n.) A dealer in the public stocks or funds; a stockjobber.
Job :: "Job (n.) Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately..
Jobber :: "Jobber (n.) One who turns official or public business to private advantage; hence, one who performs low or mercenary work in office, politics, or intrigue..
Alligator :: Alligator (n.) a kind of job press, called also alligator press..
Job :: Job (n.) The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the typical patient man.
Put-up :: Put-up (a.) Arranged; plotted; -- in a bad sense; as, a put-up job..
Job :: "Job (v. t.) To thrust in, as a pointed instrument..
Jobbing :: Jobbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jo.
Job :: "Job (n.) A piece of chance or occasional work; any definite work undertaken in gross for a fixed price; as, he did the job for a thousand dollars..
Expressman :: Expressman (n.) A person employed in the express business; also, the driver of a job wagon..
Shelving :: Shelving (n.) The act of fitting up shelves; as, the job of shelving a closet..
Jobbery :: Jobbery (n.) The act or practice of jobbing.
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