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Definition of odd job in English: odd jobnoun usually odd jobsA casual or isolated piece of work, especially one of a routine domestic or manual nature. 零工，零活儿 he takes odd jobs, but nothing that would lead to a career Example sentencesExamples - A series of odd jobs took Bannatyne to Jersey, where he spent most of his twenties ‘sowing wild oats’.
- But she had to rely on income gained from doing all kinds of odd jobs.
- After leaving school, Rasul studied law in Birmingham, and Iqbal took odd jobs and became involved in petty crime.
- Though it wasn't expected of them, many of the boarders felt compelled to help Buschert with odd jobs around the house.
- Between prayers, he sometimes does odd jobs at the mosque.
- After working odd jobs, Richard was so frustrated that he was looking for anything.
- He moved to Canada in 1983, worked odd jobs and published six more books of poetry in French and Persian.
- Nonetheless, he found odd jobs, help from a friend in Chicago, and later from his wife, Janet.
- His persistence in pursuing his musical ambitions caused Zhang to lead an unstable life with only odd jobs coming his way.
- Four months later, many have again found some odd jobs in the city.
- In 1993, he became a drifter, living in trailer parks, working at odd jobs and buying and selling guns.
- He got involved in the family's fishing trade and also worked part-time in construction and did odd jobs.
- The keep-fit fanatic survives by doing odd jobs and has never claimed any benefits until six months ago.
- After leaving school at 16, she did odd jobs until enrolling to study law at Glasgow University at the age of 21.
- After years of doing odd jobs around the area, from cleaning to tick collecting, Sharon is now focusing solely on her art.
- After high school, Wright attended art school, travelled and held odd jobs.
- Then there are the usual housewifely chores - planning the menu, getting odd jobs done around the house.
- I've had a morning full of various odd jobs and phonecalls to make.
- A nominal fee is charged for a range of odd jobs around the home, such as mending dripping taps or fitting lightbulbs or smoke alarms.
- Cutting lawns, keeping an eye on people's properties when they go away, doing odd jobs and fixing things are all part of his daily routine.
Derivativesnoun Welsh left school with few qualifications and entered an odd-jobbing life washing dishes and working as a TV repairman. Example sentencesExamples - After leaving Spain during the rise of fascism and odd-jobbing around the American studio system, Buñuel alighted in Mexico in 1949 and stayed.
- Were you even aware that that was his last job, or that he was currently unemployed, odd-jobbing as a scout?
Definition of odd job in US English: odd jobnounˈäd ˈˌjäb usually odd jobsA casual or isolated piece of work, especially one of a routine domestic or manual nature. 零工，零活儿 he takes odd jobs, but nothing that would lead to a career Example sentencesExamples - Then there are the usual housewifely chores - planning the menu, getting odd jobs done around the house.
- He moved to Canada in 1983, worked odd jobs and published six more books of poetry in French and Persian.
- His persistence in pursuing his musical ambitions caused Zhang to lead an unstable life with only odd jobs coming his way.
- In 1993, he became a drifter, living in trailer parks, working at odd jobs and buying and selling guns.
- Cutting lawns, keeping an eye on people's properties when they go away, doing odd jobs and fixing things are all part of his daily routine.
- A series of odd jobs took Bannatyne to Jersey, where he spent most of his twenties ‘sowing wild oats’.
- Though it wasn't expected of them, many of the boarders felt compelled to help Buschert with odd jobs around the house.
- But she had to rely on income gained from doing all kinds of odd jobs.
- He got involved in the family's fishing trade and also worked part-time in construction and did odd jobs.
- After leaving school, Rasul studied law in Birmingham, and Iqbal took odd jobs and became involved in petty crime.
- Four months later, many have again found some odd jobs in the city.
- After high school, Wright attended art school, travelled and held odd jobs.
- After years of doing odd jobs around the area, from cleaning to tick collecting, Sharon is now focusing solely on her art.
- The keep-fit fanatic survives by doing odd jobs and has never claimed any benefits until six months ago.
- I've had a morning full of various odd jobs and phonecalls to make.
- A nominal fee is charged for a range of odd jobs around the home, such as mending dripping taps or fitting lightbulbs or smoke alarms.
- After working odd jobs, Richard was so frustrated that he was looking for anything.
- Between prayers, he sometimes does odd jobs at the mosque.
- After leaving school at 16, she did odd jobs until enrolling to study law at Glasgow University at the age of 21.
- Nonetheless, he found odd jobs, help from a friend in Chicago, and later from his wife, Janet.
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