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job
noun- used as a substitute for a noun which is apparent from context, especially of cars US, 1896
Sometimes embellished to “jobby”. - The car was a smooth-looking job: light blue, red leather seats, white-wall tires, fancy fog lights, and all the other extras that Benny’s brother Sam could buy. — Irving Shulman, The Amboy Dukes, p. 51, 1947
- He just got a Jaguar. One of those little English jobs that can do around two hundred miles an hour. — J.D. Salinger, Catcher in the Rye, p. 1, 1951
- It’s stopped raining. I wonder if you’d care for a run in the old car [...] She’s an old job, but she’s fast. — Alexander Baron, A Bit of Happiness [Six Granada Plays], p. 200, 1959
- “Let’s take the Caddy,” he said, walking toward the black four-door job[.] — Wade Hunter, The Sex Peddler, p. 85, 1963
- Is that the new car out there? The little red Wop job? — The Graduate, 1967
- Rico Carty hit two home runs off him. One of them was a two-run job in the last of the eighth[.] — Jim Bouton, Ball Four, p. 341, 1970
- You know, I’d be embarrassed if I let my wheels go the way you’ve done with this job. — 48 Hours, 1982
- Manchester’s Albert Square, the big public jobby outside the Town Hall. — Tony Wilson, 24 Hour Party People, p. 132, 2002
- an inanimate or mechanical article, a thing UK, 1943
- [A] small garden which let on to a little park with trees and shrubs and the usual convenience, a key-holder’s only job. — Martin Waddell, Otley, p. 15, 1966
- a person US, 1927
Usually prefixed with a noun or adjective characteristic. - The Heswall nut job, sitting on the big basket-chair in the corner[.] — Kevin Sampson, Powder, p. 151, 1999
- a criminal venture, usually a robbery UK, 1690
- [T]hey stood on the corners and discussed the deadly gossip of rackets: whore, guys who were cut up, and the dough you could make from one sweet job. — Irving Shulman, The Amboy Dukes, pp. 2–3, 1947
- [W]hen he got home he would find them lounging about his living room, just back from one of these jobs somewhere in the city[.] — John Clellon Holmes, Go, p. 213, 1952
- Let’s pull a job. It’s money we need. — Hal Ellson, The Golden Spike, p. 8, 1952
- We pulled the first job that night[.] — Malcolm X and Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, p. 143, 1964
- He pulled that job to pay for the band’s room service tab from that Chiwanous gig in Pols city. — The Blues Brothers, 1980
- He knew everyone on the Street but when not alone–was usually with a couple of fellows–and knew to be hard core 42nd Street hustlers–who were sharp dressers and reputed to go out occasionally on jobs–maybe a stickup or burglary. — Herbert Huncke, The Evening Sun Turned Crimson, p. 45, 1980
- She hooked up with Fred McGar, they’ve done a couple jobs together. Helluva woman. Good little thief. — Reservoir Dogs, 1992
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 66, 1996
- a medical procedure US, 1943
A variant of “job” (a variety), usually combined with a body part: “nose”, “boob”, etc. - I know you and Sicora got plastic jobs. — James Ellroy, Hollywood Nocturnes, p. 260, 1994
- an act of defecation US
- — American Speech, p. 62, Spring-Summer 1975: “Razorback slang”
- in professional wrestling, a planned, voluntary loss US, 1999
- job n. a staged loss. A clean job is a staged loss by legal pinfall or sub-mission without resort to illegalities. — rec.sports.pro-wrestling, 17 July 1990
- But even though I’m writing about a sport that some feel is not “real,” this is a real story, and the real truth is I did the job that night (lost the match). — Mick Foley, Mankind, p. 7, 1999
- His real name was Bill Howard, and he was known for “doing jobs” (losing). — Bobby Heenan, Bobby the Brain, p. 35, 2002
- the injection of a drug for non-medicinal purposes US
- — William D. Alsever, Glossary for the Establishment and Other Uptight People, p. 17, December 1970
- — Eugene Landy, The Underground Dictionary, p. 113, 1971
▶ do a job
to defecate AUSTRALIA, 1942
Sometimes embellished to “jobbie”.▶ just the job; the job
exactly what is required UK, 1943- When moving out can be just the job[.] — The Guardian, 4 January 2004
▶ on the job
having sex, engaged in sexual intercourse UK, 1966- On the job, cripes I wish I was. — Barry Humphries, Bazza Pulls It Off!, 1971
- He died on the job you know. — David Williamson, Don’s Party, p. 61, 1973
- It’s not music at all, more like her neighbours on the job. — John King, Human Punk, p. 241, 2000
▶ the job
the police (as a profession) UK
Police slang.- — The Official Encyclopaedia of New Scotland Yard, 1999
- I realised I had just had my first encounter with the Job’s Compensation Culture[.] — Duncan MacLaughlin, The Filth, pp. 62–63, 2002
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