Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Jobbing"
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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