jobbing

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Job \Job\ (j[o^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jobbed (j[o^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. Jobbing.] [1913 Webster]

1.To strike or stab with a pointed instrument. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]

2.To thrust in, as a pointed instrument. --Moxon. [1913 Webster]

3.To do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots; to sublet (work); as, to job a contract. [1913 Webster]

4.(Com.) To buy and sell, as a broker; to purchase of importers or manufacturers for the purpose of selling to retailers; as, to job goods. [1913 Webster]

5.To hire or let by the job or for a period of service; as, to job a carriage. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]

Jobbing \Job"bing\, a.

1.Doing chance work or odd jobs; as, a jobbing carpenter. [1913 Webster]

2.Using opportunities of public service for private gain; as, a jobbing politician. --London Sat. Rev. [1913 Webster]

Jobbing house, a mercantile establishment which buys from importers, wholesalers or manufacturers, and sells to retailers. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]