Definitions

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  • noun Scotland, slang Faeces; a piece of excrement.
  • noun Generic object, thing.
  • noun UK, informal a job, normally a task rather than a form of employment for which one is paid.

Etymologies

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From job +‎ -ie.

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Examples

  • McIlroy's sudden death putt; whispers: "A folty footah speed jobbie, dangehrr... pool table glued to luge!..."

    Little Birdie From St. Andrews Dennis Mahagin 2011

  • McIlroy's sudden death putt; whispers: "A folty footah speed jobbie, dangehrr... pool table glued to luge!..."

    Little Birdie From St. Andrews Dennis Mahagin 2011

  • The IMF's gloomy statement was dismissed by Prime Mentalist Gibbon Brown who, while acknowledging the UK is in a deep recession, said (again) that he was getting on with the jobbie of protecting hard-working British families in these difficult times, and again attacked the Tories for 'doing nothing' - despite the fact that the opposition can't actually do anything because they're THE OPPOSITION.

    IMF Report Says UK 'Buggered' Dungeekin 2009

  • The car we rented was a newfangled jobbie with keyless ignition.

    Keyless entry : Bev Vincent 2009

  • One odd thing, however: the little speaker jobbie you get at exhibitions, to listen to some otherwise unemployed art historian tell you what it all means?

    Munich 2009

  • I am supposed to collect acceptable organic scraps in a small beige jobbie that I am expected to find room for in my kitchen (maybe stack it on the other bin?), and then empty that from time to time into the larger green bin outside.

    Archive 2010-01-01 2010

  • The IMF's gloomy statement was dismissed by Prime Mentalist Gibbon Brown who, while acknowledging the UK is in a deep recession, said (again) that he was getting on with the jobbie of protecting hard-working British families in these difficult times, and again attacked the Tories for 'doing nothing' - despite the fact that the opposition can't actually do anything because they're THE OPPOSITION.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Dungeekin 2009

  • Also, Simon mentioned his is a two wheeler. 4×4 quads have a larger turning circle for starters, and chew fuel faster. the up side is that its open riding, not up and down the cogs stuff, or like bedes would be. .high in the reves in gears, unless you go for an auto jobbie.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Gentlemen’s Club. 2009

  • Sure, we could be pulling in more money if I went back to gainful employment (what we call in our household a "jobbie job"), but the challenges of living frugally on my wife's modest salary have not been adverse.

    Brian Gresko: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Being a Stay-at-Home Dad 2010

  • Sure, we could be pulling in more money if I went back to gainful employment (what we call in our household a "jobbie job"), but the challenges of living frugally on my wife's modest salary have not been adverse.

    Brian Gresko: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Being a Stay-at-Home Dad 2010

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  • Is this not a real word?

    November 15, 2007

  • Irish and Scottish child slang for a turd.

    January 25, 2009