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odd job

nounmasculinecolloquialcommon/biʃˈkatɨ/bis·ca·te

Definition

1

Temporary, 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.

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)