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  • noun One who performs odd jobs; a handyperson.

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Examples

  • The odd-jobber who does the work reports that he removes eighty contractor bags before the job is complete.

    MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010

  • The odd-jobber who does the work reports that he removes eighty contractor bags before the job is complete.

    MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010

  • The odd-jobber who does the work reports that he removes eighty contractor bags before the job is complete.

    MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010

  • The odd-jobber who does the work reports that he removes eighty contractor bags before the job is complete.

    MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010

  • To a vain or haughty man in Ishmael's situation there could scarcely have occurred a more humiliating circumstance than the constant presence of the poor, old odd-jobber, whose "boy" he had once been.

    Self-Raised Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth 1859

  • My work as a freelancer and odd-jobber has always seemed to be a default for me - ever since I was in school there was always side projects and a book full of scribbled invoices.

    final fashion 2009

  • After 33 years as a dishwasher and odd-jobber at the once-landmark Peoria hotel, Tunks has recently found himself with an uncertain schedule, a worried mind and an abundance of free time.

    pjstar.com Home RSS 2008

  • After 33 years as a dishwasher and odd-jobber at the once-landmark Peoria hotel, Tunks has recently found himself with an uncertain schedule, a worried mind and an abundance of free time.

    pjstar.com Home RSS 2008

  • Dawson's Creek), an MIT graduate and odd-jobber, is dragged into the intrigue against his will because he's the only person who can communicate with his father.

    DVD Verdict 2009

  • Gabin stars as Bobo, an itinerate odd-jobber (the type of character Steve Martin might call a

    Hullabaloo 2008

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