plural jobbers
: one who jobs: such as
a(1)
: wholesaler
specifically
: a wholesaler who operates on a small scale or who sells only to retailers and institutions
(2)
b
: a person who works by the job
c
slang
: a professional wrestler whose job is to lose matches to enhance the status of featured wrestlers : jabroni
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For the holiday season, about 20 percent of apparel sold will be returned, according to Marcus Shen, CEO of B-stock, a business-to-business platform helping retailers unload returns and excess merchandise to off-pricers, jobbers and resale stores.
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David Moin, Footwear News, 26 Dec. 2025
The installers were jobbers who worked for one of the big-box retailers.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2025
Now the last-place Sox are the beleaguered jobbers taking a beating at their home park.
—Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
There’s real love out there for his performance, and his journey from child star to behind-the-scenes jobber to indie heartthrob is the type of narrative that voters can get behind.
—Vulture, 10 Jan. 2023
Between his backstage segments, and being protected in defeat, Leon Ruff is quietly going from a glorified jobber to a legitimate midcarder.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 12 May 2021
Gosewich then left the business before its expansion to join Sherman’s Records chain and rack-jobber covering eastern Canada.
—Karen Bliss, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2019
The push came from independent distributors, known as rack jobbers, that specialized in foods then considered outside the American mainstream — Chinese, Jewish, Italian or of another origin — and were searching for places to sell them.
—Tim Carman, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2019
For third-generation jobber Rick Green, who delivers food to about 50 restaurants in Indiana and Michigan, daily runs have become more complicated as Fulton Market’s longtime inhabitants have scattered.
—Ryan Ori, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2018
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David Moin, Footwear News, 26 Dec. 2025
The installers were jobbers who worked for one of the big-box retailers.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2025
Now the last-place Sox are the beleaguered jobbers taking a beating at their home park.
—Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
There’s real love out there for his performance, and his journey from child star to behind-the-scenes jobber to indie heartthrob is the type of narrative that voters can get behind.
—Vulture, 10 Jan. 2023
Between his backstage segments, and being protected in defeat, Leon Ruff is quietly going from a glorified jobber to a legitimate midcarder.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 12 May 2021
Gosewich then left the business before its expansion to join Sherman’s Records chain and rack-jobber covering eastern Canada.
—Karen Bliss, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2019
The push came from independent distributors, known as rack jobbers, that specialized in foods then considered outside the American mainstream — Chinese, Jewish, Italian or of another origin — and were searching for places to sell them.
—Tim Carman, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2019
For third-generation jobber Rick Green, who delivers food to about 50 restaurants in Indiana and Michigan, daily runs have become more complicated as Fulton Market’s longtime inhabitants have scattered.
—Ryan Ori, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2018
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“Jobber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jobber. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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jobber
noun
job·ber
ˈjäb-ər 
: a person who buys goods and then sells them to usually smaller dealers
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