Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective prenominal varied and irregularly performed; -- of paid labor.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not regular or skilled
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Examples
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Working as an odd-job man in 1981, he was painting and decorating at a producer's home when he mentioned his desire to break into the film industry.
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He was in effect an odd-job man who relied on the charity of friends to survive, she said.
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He had just woken up in the cramped three-room apartment he and his wife shared with three other couples, all of whom were porters, cleaners, or odd-job men.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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He had just woken up in the cramped three-room apartment he and his wife shared with three other couples, all of whom were porters, cleaners, or odd-job men.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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Buddy's children hated Uncle Tony for his tidy habits and his having become a self-appointed odd-job man whose fussing gave him access to the house that bordered on ownership.
Beard 2010
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He had just woken up in the cramped three-room apartment he and his wife shared with three other couples, all of whom were porters, cleaners, or odd-job men.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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She felt sure he would have been furious had she told him that the family odd-job man, Mike, was sexually abusing her only she never told anyone, and when, at the age of six, she suffered third-degree burns over 70% of her body having accidentally collided with a boiling kettle, Lowell devotedly slept on the floor outside her hospital room until it was clear she would survive.
Why Not Say What Happened? A Memoir by Ivana Lowell – review Rachel Cooke 2010
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The foolish trick that Bathsheba plays on Boldwood by sending him a card on Valentine's day is brilliantly recreated when two village teenagers, bored by their empty lives and high on romantic magazines, sneak into her house and use her computer to send the identical Valentine message ( "I want to give you the biggest shagging of your life") to the odd-job man, the rock star and the novelist.
Tamara Drewe 2010
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In my case, I did an odd-job for my mom's company, and earned ninety-eight dollars.
What you don't know about unemployment insurance could cost you 2009
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The Gotcha: Well, unless it was a BIG odd-job that paid a lot, any sane person would in fact have to say "sorry, I can't do your odd job."
What you don't know about unemployment insurance could cost you 2009
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