| 释义 |
jobbery|ˈdʒɒbərɪ|
[Cf. jobber2 and -ery.]
1. Jobs or small pieces of work collectively; job-work. rare. (In quot. attrib.)
1832J. H. Newman Lett. (1891) I. 294 Coal, which the foreign jobbery heavers are conveying into the vessel.
2. The practice of corruptly turning a public office, trust, etc. to private gain or advantage; the perpetration of jobs (see job n.2 3).
1837Sir F. Palgrave Merch. & Friar Ded. (1844) 7 A notable example of the ancient mode of Parliamentary jobbery. 1852C. M. Yonge Cameos (1877) III. xxiv. 225 He was now staining the honour of that seat by his intrigues and jobbery. 1861Goldw. Smith Irish Hist. 184 Inveterate habits of official jobbery and party corruption. 1893Times 26 Apr. 9/5 Incited by his friends [he] aspired to wider opportunities of jobbery. |