Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire. · To work as a jobber. · To take the loss, usually in a demeaning or submissive manner. · To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
From the phrase jobbe of work (“piece of work”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a variant of Middle English gobbe (“mass, lump”); or perhaps related to Middle English jobben (“to jab, thrust, peck”), or Middle English choppe (“piece, bargain”). More at gob, jab, chop.
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