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jobbie
noun- used as a substitute noun which is apparent from its context; an item US, 1960 Extension of JOB.
- Standing up she were, straight into the what’s it, urinal jobby. — The Full Monty, 1997
- [S]he opens really good bottles of red–you know, £8 jobbies–and spills most of it on the carpet. — Jenny Eclair, Camberwell Beauty, p. 14, 2000
- a transaction; a situation; a piece of work; an event; a procedure; an occurrence US
A variation of conventional and unconventional JOB. - One hundred per cent green-light [approved] jobbie. — Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, p. 90, 2001
- a turd UK
From Scottish dialect jobbie (a little job); compare with BIG JOBS - “I was going to say that I once did this jobbie that –” Whack. “Ouch.” “Don’t be disgusting.” — Christopher Brookmyre, Boiling a Frog, p. 103, 2000
- a racehorse US, 1974
- — David W. Maurer, Argot of the Racetrack, p. 38, 1951
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