odd job
odd job noun: a spell of temporary employment. Also the alternative form of odd-job.
Noun
odd job (plural odd jobs)
- A spell of temporary employment.
- They believe that when a partnership works as well as theirs has, you shouldn't analyze it too much. Success came in the midforties when Paramount hired them for the musical equivalent of odd jobs.2003, Sam Staggs, Close-up on Sunset Boulevard, →ISBN
- On the other hand, if the decedent wanted to be a veterinarian but had never worked full time, worked odd jobs, had an English degree, and had worked as a receptionist at the veterinarian's office, it might be different.2005, Frank J. Landy, Employment Discrimination Litigation, →ISBN
- A task of an incidental, unspecialized nature.
- I like doing odd jobs around the house.
- He moved all over the States, without a cent, picking up any odd job he could get.1910, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 1, in The Intrusion of Jimmy
Also used as
odd job is also the alternative form of odd-job.
Forms of odd job
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | odd jobs |
| alternative form | odd-job |
| alternative form | oddjob |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | odd jobs |
| present participle | odd jobbing |
| past participle | odd jobbed |
| past | odd jobbed |
Words formed from odd job
Questions about odd job
- What does odd job mean?
- Odd job means a spell of temporary employment.
- What part of speech is odd job?
- Odd job is a noun.
- What is the plural of odd job?
- The plural of odd job is odd jobs.
Words near odd job in the dictionary
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