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job lot

noun

Etymology

Early 19th century. From job + lot (“one or more items auctioned or sold as a unit”). The first part is possibly from Middle English gobbe (“mass, lump”).

  1. inherited from gobbe — “mass, lump”

Definitions

  1. A large quantity of cheap items.

  2. A quantity of miscellaneous items sold together.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA