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the job's a good 'un

the job's a good 'un is the alternative form of job's a good 'un.

Meaning of job's a good 'un

Phrase

job's a good 'un

  1. (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, colloquial) Expresses satisfaction that a task has been or will be carried out successfully, often suggesting that the task is simple, or ironically implying that it has been completed in a cursory or slapdash manner.
    • We've cracked it Ginge! Showed out for a cock and hen and drew for a flag. There’s one born every minute. Let this one go for now and the job’s a good un. Hello, there’s a jam role there. And diamonds is a roles best friend. They love em! See me cop off this.1968, Robert Roberts, Imprisoned Tongues, Manchester University Press, page 210

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Words near the job's a good 'un in the dictionary

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  2. the ink was not even dry
  3. the Internet never forgets
  4. the jig is up
  5. the job is oxo
  6. the job's a good 'un
  7. the joke is on someone
  8. the joke's on someone
  9. the jokes write themselves
  10. the jug goes to the well until it breaks
  11. the juice is worth the squeeze

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