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jobbish

jobbish adjective: characteristic of a jobber or broker.

Adjective

jobbish (comparative more jobbish, superlative most jobbish)

  1. (rare) Characteristic of a jobber or broker.
    • During this period, the business transacted in the warehouses was altogether of a retail and miscellaneous character, buyers only being tempted to operate where parcels of goods were offered to them at prices closely approximating to jobbish transactions.1868, USA House of Representatives, House Documents (volume 214? 256? page 87)
    • When the appointment of Mr. Philip Sandys Melvill to Baroda was first announced, it was considered by the Bombay officials especially as rather out-of-the-way, rather a jobbish appointment.1882, Behramji Merwanji Malabari, Gujarʹat and the Gujarʹatis, page 52

Forms of jobbish

comparativemore jobbish
superlativemost jobbish

Origin of jobbish

From job + -ish.

Questions about jobbish

What does jobbish mean?
Jobbish means characteristic of a jobber or broker.
What part of speech is jobbish?
Jobbish is an adjective.

Words near jobbish in the dictionary

  1. jobbing house
  2. jobbing houses
  3. jobbing printer
  4. jobbing printing
  5. jobbings
  6. jobbish
  7. jobble
  8. jobbled
  9. jobbles
  10. jobbling
  11. jobby

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