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jobber

/job-er/US // ˈdʒɒb ər //UK // (ˈdʒɒbə) //

就业者,工作者,工作人,混混

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a wholesale merchant, especially one selling to retailers.
    • : a pieceworker.
    • : jabroni.
    • : a merchant who deals in odd lots or job lots.
    • : a person who practices jobbery.

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Examples

  • The jobber takes into consideration the facts he has been able to learn concerning the book, and places an order accordingly.

  • Another important part of the jobber's business is the supplying of public libraries and similar institutions.

  • The man who struck the fiercest, that sullen convict with the lowering brow, was our stock-jobber, John Dillaway.

  • Do you remember them, the supposititious nieces, aiders and abetters290 in our stock-jobber's forged will?

  • It is oftentimes of vital importance to a small jobber to be able to make up a carload of miscellaneous packages.