(archaic) One who works by the job (i.e. paid per individual piece of work) and/or recruits other people for such work.
The deponent, in the course of negotiation for sundry jobs, expressed his curiosity repecting the Habits and Life of the Knights of the Thimble, when the jobber to the Nobility and Gentry kindly volunteered to accompny him on a round to …
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(theater) An actor temporarily employed for a specific role, often in a touring company.
Every person who shall keep any boat for the purpose aforesaid without having such license, and every owner of, or other person who shall be employed or shall ply for hire in any such boat within the limits aforesaid without having such …
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(obsolete, UK, finance) A promoter or broker of stocks for investment.
The jobbing clerk immediately upon receipt of the ticket minuted it properly in the book, and, upon looking at the annunciator, saw that it showed no jobbers in the waiting room; he went at once to the waiting room, but found no one ther…
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