jobbing
- noun
- Archaic
- Many local businesses rely on jobbing printers for their promotional materials like flyers and business cards.
Examples
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"There are plenty of jobbing printers who will be glad of the work."
Fiction book (1990) -
She found a jobbing printer who could produce high-quality brochures at an affordable price.
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It's like a print job, like a like a model.
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The wedding invitations were printed by a small jobbing company that specializes in custom designs.
Synonyms
A business that makes and sells printed items like newspapers and flyers
A shop that makes posters, flyers and other paper copies for people
A shop that makes books, newspapers, or flyers
Printing text or pictures on paper with a large machine
A business that puts writing and pictures on paper, like flyers and cards
A factory that makes books, newspapers, and packaging
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Morphology
Etymology
Jobbing comes from the word job, meaning a 'piece of work', and was used by printers for quick, small orders like cards or flyers. That's why jobbing refers to small-scale printing work or the printed items produced from those small jobs.