odd-job
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4.2
Work involving small, short tasks that are not regular or skilled
- adjective
- UK
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ocasional
- He often picks up odd jobs like mowing lawns or walking dogs to earn extra cash.
- find odd-job work
Examples
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Even with the allowance she now receives, she has to do odd jobs to make ends meet.
Fiction book (1999) -
We give him odd jobs now and then.
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Ah, man, just doing odd jobs, you know?
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What sort of odd jobs does this man do?
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The hero worked odd jobs along the road.
Fiction book (2001) -
Well, I do all kinds of odd jobs.
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Whereas Joseph has to make do with odd jobs.
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For those sidelined from full-time work, odd jobs are critical to financial survival.
Blog text (6) -
Nicolle moved out of his mother's house and worked odd jobs in Coos Bay.
Blog text (5) -
Dave worked tirelessly, mowing lawns and doing odd jobs for neighbors.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
Antonyms
How Skilled
Surface Forms
odd-job positive
Morphology
Etymology
Odd-job comes from the simple parts odd ('not regular' or 'left over') and job ('task' or 'work'), so it means a small, casual task or a group of simple jobs you do when you do not have regular work.