job lot
job lot noun: a large quantity of cheap items.
Noun
job lot (plural job lots)
- A large quantity of cheap items.
- A quantity of miscellaneous items sold together.
- Synonyms:
- bouillabaisse, bric-a-brac, catch-all, clamjamfrey, cocktail, rummage, salad, anthology, gallery, gatherum
Synonyms of job lot
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- congeries
- crazyquilt
- disjecta membra
- farrago
- galimatias
- gallimaufry
- grab bag
- hodgepodge
- horse and rabbit stew
- hotchpotch
- hotchpot
- jumble
- macedoine
- medley
- melange
- mingle-mangle
- miscellanea
- miscellany
- mishmash
- mixed bag
- mixture
- motley
- odds and ends
- oddments
- olio
- olla podrida
- omnium-gatherum
- pastiche
- patchwork quilt
- potpourri
Forms of job lot
| plural | job lots |
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Origin of job lot
Early 19th century. From job + lot (“one or more items auctioned or sold as a unit”). The first part is possibly from Middle English gobbe (“mass, lump”).
Questions about job lot
- What does job lot mean?
- Job lot means a large quantity of cheap items.
- What part of speech is job lot?
- Job lot is a noun.
- What is the plural of job lot?
- The plural of job lot is job lots.
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