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odd-job

noun odd-jobs

  1. alternative Alternative form of odd job 1902 – Left for Switzerland where he lived in poverty, doing only odd-jobs
  2. attributive Attributive form of odd job We had the logs delivered and an odd-job man carted them upstairs, but in the absence of a footman I had to make sure all the fires were lit and kept going in winter.

verb odd-jobs · odd-jobbing · odd-jobbed

  1. intransitive To work by taking a variety of temporary jobs. Both boys and girls were expected to 'odd-job' to bring in extra funds.
  2. rare, transitive To perform odd or temporary jobs for someone.

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@misc{odd_job_2026,
  title = {odd-job},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/odd-job},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}