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jobmaster, job-master|ˈdʒɒbˌmɑːstə(r), -æ-|
[f. job n.2 + master n.]
1. A man who keeps a livery stable and lets out horses and carriages by the job or for a definite period: cf. job n.2 7.
1802Sporting Mag. XX. 182 A very respectable job⁓master and hackney-man. 1886Leeds Merc. 9 Mar. 5/4 A meeting of coachbuilders and jobmasters of Leeds. 1893Spectator 29 July 136 A jobmaster..who had a great many horses in his stable.
2. A master printer who does job-work.
1824J. Johnson Typogr. II. 578 Job Masters' Resolutions.
So ˈjob-mistress, a woman who lets out horses and carriages.
1885Law Rep. 14 Queen's Bench Div. 893 The defendants..hired the horses and a driver from a job-mistress. |