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Meanings of odd job in English

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Hand tool incorporating a square, spirit level, and gauge.

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Examples for "stanley odd jobs"
Examples for "stanley odd jobs"
1
He left the business, and wound up working odd jobs in Texas.
Reuters
2
He only gets by supplementing his state wage with other odd jobs.
Reuters
3
In town, our soldiers were busy with odd jobs, like repairing bicycles.
The forgotten soldier
4
He did odd jobs around the city, barely scrapping together a living.
Radio NZ
5
He was forever doing odd jobs that the janitor should have done.
One Basket
Usage of odd job in English
1
Not the 'cat-o-nine-tails' variety, but people with a very odd job title.
Radio NZ
2
He does the odd job for us, and he can handle this pay-off.
The wrong venus
3
Jacintha accommodated him with a new little odd job or two.
White Lies
4
Tembarom, who was a wiry, enterprising little fellow, sometimes found an odd job himself.
T. Tembarom
5
Mink's probably off doing an odd job somewhere, having a drink with his buddies somewhere.
Summer of Night
6
The capture of Eustace was essentially an odd job.
Uneasy Money
7
This Cedar Branch is an odd job we had to take over from another firm.
The Rules of the Game
8
He'll be able to do many an odd job.
Under Sealed Orders
9
He says he'll do an odd job for his supper and a shakedown, but no more.
Maruja
10
He jumps at any odd job that will bring in a few shillings to the family fund.
Essays in Rebellion
11
The occasional odd job, but mainly plowing.
The story of edgar sawtelle
12
I lived sometimes by my wits, sometimes by any odd job I could turn my hand to.
The Grell Mystery
13
Crime lords always needed one odd job of adjustment or another, and they paid lucratively for Krogman's services.
Worlds of Honor
14
Curious ideas odd job men have!
The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories
15
Now we can, said the odd job man, 30, from a small town in the vast, arid Northern Cape.
The Guardian
16
I make my living by browsing round, hunting and fishing a little, and doing an odd job now and then.
Now or Never; Or, The Adventures of Bobby Bright: A Story for Yo...
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