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desk jobs

desk jobs is the plural of desk job.

Meaning of desk job

Noun

desk job (plural desk jobs)

  1. (informal) An employment position in which one remains mostly seated at a desk, performing routine office work.
    • For 13 months in 1966 and '67 Corson served as commander of 3,500 men in 114 platoons spread out in hamlets across five provinces in South Viet Nam. . . . In 1968 Corson was reassigned to a desk job at the Pentagon.1981 July 13, “Advice and Dissent”, in Time

Questions about desk jobs

What is desk jobs the plural of?
Desk jobs is the plural of desk job.

Words near desk jobs in the dictionary

  1. desk drawers
  2. desk drop
  3. desk drops
  4. desk fan
  5. desk job
  6. desk jobs
  7. desk jockey
  8. desk jockeys
  9. desk killer
  10. desk killers
  11. desk lamp

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