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 Joba’tion.Jobbing Carpenter. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Jobber.
 
One who does small jobs; one who buys from merchants to sell to retailers; a middle-man. A “stock-jobber” is one who buys and sells public funds, but is not a sworn stock-broker.   1
 


 Joba’tion.Jobbing Carpenter. 

 
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