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Synonyms for odd-job


Grammar : Noun
Spell : od-job
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒdˌdʒɒb



Définition of odd-job

  • As in odd job : noun part-time task
Example sentences :
  • Two days he'd paint, and two days he'd odd-job, and two days he'd fish.
  • Extract from : « Mrs. Tree's Will » by Laura E. Richards
  • Tony went to cleanse his hands, leaving the odd-job man chuckling.
  • Extract from : « The Gay Adventure » by Richard Bird
  • "Lots," replied the odd-job man, pressing closer to the hedge.
  • Extract from : « The Gay Adventure » by Richard Bird
  • The odd-job man mildly whispered the equivalent of "How very annoying!"
  • Extract from : « The Gay Adventure » by Richard Bird
  • They become villa parasites and odd-job men, and grow basely rich and buy gramophones.
  • Extract from : « Mr. Britling Sees It Through » by H. G. Wells
  • Besides this, he had glided into a sort of apprenticeship to the odd-job line of business, and was very useful to his principal.
  • Extract from : « Ishmael » by Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth
  • These, with a few hands at lambing time, and two or three odd-job men at the central station, make up the whole staff.
  • Extract from : « The Wanderings of a Spiritualist » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Regardless of Mrs. Peters' late instructions, the odd-job man dropped a generous portion of grass and stood transfixed.
  • Extract from : « The Gay Adventure » by Richard Bird
  • Probably truth was partly expressed by the odd-job man in words—wholly expressed by his words and inflection.
  • Extract from : « The Gay Adventure » by Richard Bird
  • The odd-job man, congratulating himself on extraordinary cunning, bent forward and essayed a kiss of welcome.
  • Extract from : « The Gay Adventure » by Richard Bird

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