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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Job  \Job\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Jobbed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Jobbing}.] 
  1.  To  strike  or  stab  with  a  pointed  instrument.  --L'Estrange. 
 
  2.  To  thrust  in  as  a  pointed  instrument.  --Moxon. 
 
  3.  To  do  or  cause  to  be  done  by  separate  portions  or  lots  to 
  sublet  (work);  as  to  job  a  contract. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Jobbing  \Job"bing\,  a. 
  1.  Doing  chance  work  or  add  jobs;  as  a  jobbing  carpenter. 
 
  2.  Using  opportunities  of  public  service  for  private  gain; 
  as  a  jobbing  politician.  --London  Sat.  Rev. 
 
  {Jobbing  house},  a  mercantile  establishment  which  buys  from 
  importers,  wholesalers  or  manufacturers,  and  sells  to 
  retailers.  [U.S.] 




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