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单词 jobmonger
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jobmongern.

Brit. /ˈdʒɒbˌmʌŋɡə/, U.S. /ˈdʒɑbˌmɑŋɡər/, /ˈdʒɑbˌməŋɡər/
Forms: see job n.2 and monger n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: job n.2, monger n.1
Etymology: < job n.2 + monger n.1 Compare earlier jobber n.2 4.
Now historical and rare.
= jobber n.2 4a.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > hireling > hired by the job
jobler1662
jobber1698
jobsterc1747
jobmonger1757
1757 J. Smith Mem. Wool II. (ed. 2) cxciii. 370 No Gain sufficient to satisfy the Luxury or Avarice of certain particular Wholesale Dealers, Jobb-Mongers (if we may use that expression).
1839 Times 16 Oct. 4/4 With the absolute certainty of being unable to promote the public interests in the slightest degree, he facilitates his Edinburgh job-mongers upon his new ability to advance their private or local ends.
1900 Daily News 24 May 4/6 The slum-owner, the corrupt contractor and the municipal jobmonger.
1959 A. Aspinall & E. A. Smith Eng. Hist. Documents Introd. 21 It was Radical propaganda that created the legend about the universal sordidness of politics: that Parliament was nothing more than..an assemblage of unprincipled place-hunters, ribbon-fanciers and job-mongers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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