job lot

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job lot

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Early 19th century. From job + lot (“one or more items auctioned or sold as a unit”). The first part is possibly from Middle English gobbe (“mass, lump”).

noun job lots

A large quantity of cheap items.
A quantity of miscellaneous items sold together.
Similar: bouillabaisse, bric-a-brac, catch-all, clamjamfrey, cocktail, rummage, salad, anthology, gallery, gatherum, congeries, crazyquilt

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@misc{job_lot_2026,
  title = {job lot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/job%20lot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}