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proper jobs

proper jobs is the plural of proper job.

Meaning of proper job

Noun

proper job (plural proper jobs)

  1. (UK, West-Country) Something performed well.
    • You did a proper job on that one, me lover.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see proper, job. (respectable employment, etc.)
    • She'd go out begging. Well, truth to tell, we'd go out begging. You know the deal — 'Got any spare change, mister?' — 'Got the price of a cuppa, missus?' Only, me being the size I was, even as a kid, I wasn't much good at it.¶ 'Get a proper job,' they'd say to me. 'Get a job down the mines.' Or the...1998, Liza Cody, Monkey Wrench, →ISBN, page 88

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Questions about proper jobs

What is proper jobs the plural of?
Proper jobs is the plural of proper job.

Words near proper jobs in the dictionary

  1. proper divisors
  2. proper fraction
  3. proper fractions
  4. proper inclusion
  5. proper job
  6. proper jobs
  7. proper left
  8. proper motion
  9. proper motions
  10. proper name
  11. proper names

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