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And finally, there was the fight in the Mechanics 'Pavilion in San Francisco, when he was secretly jobbed from the first by a gun-fighting bad man of a referee backed by a small syndicate of bettors.

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Gillooly says that Harding was "very upset" by her fourth-place showing - she would later say publicly she was "jobbed" - in a December competition in Japan.

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The stables, too, were formerly filled with horses -- and very fine ones they were -- whereas now the number is greatly reduced, and many of those in the royal mews are "jobbed" -- _i. e._ hired by the week or month, as occasion requires, from livery stables.

Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 Various

Injunctions, hearings and appeals, and now she was coming back, swearing she'd been "jobbed," the judge had been bought, and the jury corrupted.

Pardners Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

There's no saying whether the old man, roused as he was and incensed beyond control, might not really have "jobbed," _i. e._, stabbed, his prong at her, had not one of the pitchers left his wake and rushed on him.

The Toilers of the Field Richard Jefferies 1867

The Chicago old lady in like manner, after having had Doctor Newton's thumbs "jobbed" into her ears, certifies that she heard next morning from her son in California.

The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages 1850

"This revolt against ideas is carried so far that able men have come seriously to look upon progress as a matter for the manipulation of wirepullers, something to be 'jobbed' in committee by sophistical motions or other clever trickery.

Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement William English Walling

Liberalism "describes the" practical reformer "so that anybody can recognize him:" This revolt against ideas is carried so far that able men have come seriously to look upon progress as a matter for the manipulation of wire-pullers, something to be 'jobbed' in committee by sophistical notions or other clever trickery. "

A Preface to Politics Walter Lippmann 1931

There's just no basis for that assertion, and thus no cause for concluding that the Cowboys are getting jobbed.

Alabama-LSU: The Right Game, BCS or Not Darren Everson 2011

Twice had its favorite runner been jobbed out of the race.

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