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odd job
nounmasculinecolloquialcommon/biʃˈkatɨ/bis·ca·te
Definition
1Temporary, occasional, and usually poorly paid work; informal or unskilled service.
Usage examples
“On weekends, he does odd jobs to earn some extra money.”
“The life of an artist is often a succession of odd jobs.”
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Common combinations
to do odd jobsto find a giglife of odd jobs
Idiomatic expressions
- to live hand to mouth (to have an unstable economic life with occasional jobs)