odd-job

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1. 1

   Alternative form of odd job.

   • 1902 – Left for Switzerland where he lived in poverty, doing only odd-jobs
   • After a couple of years he'd come back to Colorado and chilled out at the Scotts' place. He'd planned to stay a few weeks, maybe doing odd-jobs to earn his keep.
2. 2

   Attributive form of odd job.

   • We had the logs delivered and an odd-job man carted them upstairs, but in the absence of a footman I had to make sure all the fires were lit and kept going in winter.
   • This makes it easier to understand why odd-job workers become the target every time the government “cleans up the city,” although they toil for the least pay and are subject to all kinds of injustices.
3. 3

   To work by taking a variety of temporary jobs.

   • Both boys and girls were expected to 'odd-job' to bring in extra funds.
   • Some of the actors were locals, others outsiders who odd-jobbed it while they performed.
   • We were inseparable. Came down to London together, lived in a squat together, odd-jobbed together to pay our way while I was at art college and she studied to be an actuary.
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   1. 4

      To perform odd or temporary jobs for someone.

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