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jobsworths

jobsworths is the plural of jobsworth.

Meaning of jobsworth

Noun

jobsworth (plural jobsworths)

  1. (UK, derogatory, informal) A person who upholds trivial rules unnecessarily and obstructively in order to exercise their (typically minor) authority.
    • The usual council jobsworths came down to tell them to stop playing football.

Questions about jobsworths

What is jobsworths the plural of?
Jobsworths is the plural of jobsworth.

Words near jobsworths in the dictionary

  1. jobsters
  2. jobstopper
  3. jobstoppers
  4. Jobsts
  5. jobsworth
  6. jobsworths
  7. Joburg
  8. Joburger
  9. jobweek
  10. jobweeks
  11. Joby

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