pig-jobbern.

Brit.

/ˈpɪɡdʒɒbə/, U.S.

/ˈpɪɡˌdʒɑbər/

Forms: see pig n.¹ and jobber n.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pig n.¹, jobber n.²

Etymology: < pig n.¹ + jobber n.²

1. A trader or dealer in pigs. Now rare or historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in other livestock

pig-jobbera1722

hog jobber1723

higgler1830

a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husb. (1757) I. 329 They told me it was common among the pig-jobbers to put off a farrowing sow for a spayed sow.

1787 J. Woodforde Diary 15 Nov. (1926) II. 355 Recd. this Morning of one Platt of Hockering a Pigg Jobber, for 6 small Pigs at 13^s 6^d each—4.1.0.

1843 Penny Mag. 22 July 278/2 The number of pig-jobbers and pig-drovers in Ireland is..very large.

1859 All Year Round 13 Aug. 376/1 A young pig-jobber.

1906 G. Borrow Wild Wales (1920) xxxiii. 200 Who but a pig-jobber could have business at Llanfair?

2000 Limerick Leader (Electronic ed.) 11 Nov. The following morning they met some Limerick pig-jobbers in the town.

†2. New Zealand. derogatory. A government agent involved in land negotiations with Maori peoples. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1899 R. R. Parris in Richmond-Atkinson Papers (1960) II. 622 His [sc. an M.P.'s] venom not being quite exhausted he called me a ‘pig jobber’ which I never was.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pig-jobber
释义	pig-jobbern. Brit. /ˈpɪɡdʒɒbə/, U.S. /ˈpɪɡˌdʒɑbər/ Forms: see pig n.¹ and jobber n.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pig n.¹, jobber n.² Etymology: < pig n.¹ + jobber n.² 1. A trader or dealer in pigs. Now rare or historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in other livestock pig-jobbera1722 hog jobber1723 higgler1830 a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husb. (1757) I. 329 They told me it was common among the pig-jobbers to put off a farrowing sow for a spayed sow. 1787 J. Woodforde Diary 15 Nov. (1926) II. 355 Recd. this Morning of one Platt of Hockering a Pigg Jobber, for 6 small Pigs at 13^s 6^d each—4.1.0. 1843 Penny Mag. 22 July 278/2 The number of pig-jobbers and pig-drovers in Ireland is..very large. 1859 All Year Round 13 Aug. 376/1 A young pig-jobber. 1906 G. Borrow Wild Wales (1920) xxxiii. 200 Who but a pig-jobber could have business at Llanfair? 2000 Limerick Leader (Electronic ed.) 11 Nov. The following morning they met some Limerick pig-jobbers in the town. †2. New Zealand. derogatory. A government agent involved in land negotiations with Maori peoples. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1899 R. R. Parris in Richmond-Atkinson Papers (1960) II. 622 His [sc. an M.P.'s] venom not being quite exhausted he called me a ‘pig jobber’ which I never was. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1722
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