jobber

Definition of jobbernext

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Recent Examples of jobber 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 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 The City had its freewheeling parts—such as the euro markets—but the stock market was carved up by British brokers and jobbers, with Hogwartian names such as Ackroyd & Smithers. Bloomberg.com, 19 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jobber
Noun
  • Acting as a wholesaler to local restaurant clients, and also serving individual lobster lovers, this place has ensconced itself firmly within Boston's heart.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Georgia, for its part, purchased drugs from a wholesaler whose business operated out of the back room of a London driving school.
    Max Blau, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Prakash Chand, a resident, said laborers were in the basement carrying out digging work when the building collapsed.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • In theory, that reduces costs dramatically by eliminating the need for a large crew of carpenters and laborers working for a year or more.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The film is produced by Plan B Entertainment, STUDIOCANAL and Joy Coalition, with Focus Features aboard as distributor.
    SPIN Staff, SPIN, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The Believe deal marks Suno’s first partnership with an independent music distributor.
    Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Yet the story of the toiler turned tycoon persisted.
    Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • International buyers, which make up 40 percent of the business, include live sellers and retailers.
    Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Here are nine of the most impressive Chromebook deals from all the top retailers.
    K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • In practical terms, the study suggests a preference for agentic AI to simplify drudge work and logistics, such as narrowing choices or suggesting better options, rather than taking full control of emotionally loaded or high-complexity decisions.
    Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Although free labor can help a candidate win, volunteers are also seen as a source of risk, best restricted to such drudge work as phone banking or door knocking.
    Charles Duhigg, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Russia has long been the world’s second-largest exporter of diesel fuel after the United States.
    Rob Wile, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Brazil, the world's largest beef exporter, shipped about 108,000 tons of beef worth about $1 billion to the EU in 2025, according to government figures.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Nana Menya Ayensu is an energy strategy and infrastructure technology investment executive and a former White House special assistant to the President on Climate Policy, Finance, and Innovation.
    Nana Menya Ayensu, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Idzik was in his first year as a low-level offensive assistant with the Seattle Seahawks, whose staff was selected to coach the NFC team after an early exit from the 2019 playoffs.
    Joseph Person, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026

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“Jobber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jobber. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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