odd job

odd job

A miscellaneous, nonspecialized job or task. My grandparents always had a few odd jobs for us to do around their house if we were ever looking to earn a bit of extra cash as kids. He's been earning a living as a handyman of sorts, doing odd jobs for people around town.
See also: job, odd
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

ˌodd ˈjobs

various small, practical tasks, repairs, etc. in the home, often done for other people: I’ve got some odd jobs to do around the apartment; the bedroom door needs to be painted and the light fixed. ▶ ˌodd-ˈjob man noun (especially British English) a person who is employed to do odd jobs
See also: job, odd
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • odd jobs
  • odd and curious
  • duck
  • odd duck
  • (the) odd man out
  • odd man out
  • no comment
  • (the) odd one out
  • odd one out
  • spoil
References in classic literature
"When there's no fighting to be done, the soldiers doos any little odd jobs, oo know."
Sylvie and Bruno
But the vacancy did not occur, nor did a steady job; and I employed the time between odd jobs with writing a twenty-one- thousand-word serial for the "Youth's Companion." I turned it out and typed it in seven days.
John Barleycorn
"Monday, there were the odd jobs about the house to be begun.
Man And Wife
There were often odd jobs to be got about the fish-market.
Moon and Sixpence
Also, he worked at odd jobs, and the work was play as well as learned investigation, for he delighted in it and was always returning home with copious notes and bubbling over with new adventures.
The Iron Heel
He did odd jobs, such as cutting wood for kitchen stoves and mowing the grass before houses.
Winesberg Ohio
He could not hope to tide himself over by odd jobs of loading trucks; he could not even sell newspapers or carry satchels, because he was now at the mercy of any rival.
Jungle
He had been on the staff of an English paper in Paris, but had been dismissed for drunkenness; he still however did odd jobs for it, describing sales at the Hotel Drouot or the revues at music-halls.
Of Human Bondage
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The odd job man also attempts to help Emma come up with money-making ideas as her financial backer visits town.
Comedy
Performing an odd job for some cottagers almost 16 years ago gave Dave Wright a huge jump-start on a new career.
Basement operation expands to big business: Woodworker turns side-job into 50-employee manufacturing plant
Self-styled leader of the gang is a l4-year-old nicknamed Odd Job who is well-known to the local police and has a long criminal record for theft and street robberies.
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Mr Balls told BBC Radio Leeds: "I'm not saying to people you've always got to get a receipt if you pay cash to somebody who is doing an odd job. I'm not saying that they've got to.
Balls explains receipts comment
Christopher Hughes, 55, of Porthcawl, was sacked as a teacher at Ysgol Bryn Castell in Bridgend following the claims and had since resorted to being an "odd job man".
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