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odd-jobbing

odd-jobbing is the present participle and gerund of odd-job.

Meaning of odd-job

Verb

odd-job (third-person singular simple present odd-jobs, present participle odd-jobbing, simple past and past participle odd-jobbed)

  1. (intransitive) To work by taking a variety of temporary jobs.
    • Both boys and girls were expected to 'odd-job' to bring in extra funds.2002, Lionel Rose, The Erosion of Childhood: Childhood in Britain 1860-1918, →ISBN
  2. (rare, transitive) To perform odd or temporary jobs for someone.

Questions about odd-jobbing

What is odd-jobbing the present participle and gerund of?
Odd-jobbing is the present participle and gerund of odd-job.

Words near odd-jobbing in the dictionary

  1. odd-job man
  2. odd-job men
  3. odd-jobbed
  4. odd-jobber
  5. odd-jobbers
  6. odd-jobbing
  7. odd-jobman
  8. odd-jobmen
  9. odd-jobs
  10. odd-numbered
  11. odd-odd

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Adapted from Wiktionary: odd-jobbing (page history and authors); odd-job (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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